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RE: In other news ...
By MrBlastman on 9/3/2009 1:47:28 PM , Rating: 2
I've taken my trifield meter (nifty little toy you can buy at Fry's btw) and when I go under high-tension lines it goes through the ROOF. I thought of the same thing when I discovered that. I think though that Mythbusters tried this and found it partly plausible--though it would require thousands of pounds of wire in order to do so.

I haven't seen the episode though, only heard of it. According to wikipedia it was cut from the show, probably due to it being considered illegal. I can't see how it would be--if the power company lets power leak into the atmosphere, you're doing the world a service by helping to contain ambient radiation. Oh well.

At least according to my meter the amount of power and em radiation being emitted is enormous when you get under them.

RE: In other news ...
By Camikazi on 9/3/2009 3:29:01 PM , Rating: 3
Drifting aimlessly into the atmosphere is ok, drifting into your house without paying the company is illegal. Until they learn how to charge the atmosphere for stealing it they will just charge us for doing it instead :P

RE: In other news ...
By Nobleman00 on 9/3/2009 5:44:05 PM , Rating: 3
I think the problem is, how do you lay many pounds of wire under the lines, and into your place without trespassing on someone else's property.

Now if the wires are running over my yard... and you happen to see a giant coil of copper wire on my lawn, that's just some yard art.

RE: In other news ...
By FaaR on 9/4/2009 5:14:13 AM , Rating: 5
Power lines don't actually leak power into the surrounding atmosphere. While they do create magnetic fields, these are essentially quite inert until you introduce a conductor into said field to induce a current.

So you don't simply gather up otherwise wasted electricity with a coil placed beneath a power line; you actually actively leech from the transmission line. It's the same thing as if you'd drill a hole in a water mains to tap it without paying the water company.

RE: In other news ...
By Ammohunt on 9/4/2009 6:55:07 PM , Rating: 2
You sure it wasn't ghosts hanging out under the power lines? did try and record some EVP's?

