Re: getting high voltage from the high voltage lines? (fwd)

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Original poster: "Daniel Barrett by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com>

> >
> >could you possibly get the power company to make a direct line from your
house
> >to the high voltage lines to power your coil? I really doubt, but, just
> >wondering if anyone had ever asked...
> >Thanks
> >Adam

>
> 14,400V at nearly 10,000A ( hell who knows maybe even more) is a hazard
> the power Co. doesnt want to be liable for.

    "But we know exactly what we are doing! We promise we won't short the
two lines together, and if it makes you feel better you can limit the
current to 5kA with a big fuse. Please, can we have the power feed,
please??? We won't even pull that much current most of the time. Look, we'd
even be happy to climb up there and run our own feed..."

db