[sci.electronics] Free power from the lines

johne@hpvcla.HP.COM (John Eaton) (07/19/88)

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<       b) Assuming that the coil pickup could be wound around the chicken
<          coop center beam(4" x 4" x 20'), it would take well over 4 miles
<          of wire to gain enough current to drive a 25 watt bulb.
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 I think your a bit optomistic. Your secondary is going to be equidistant
 from three primaries that are 120 degrees out of phase with each other.
 Isn't the net flux under such an arrangement always zero?
 
 
 
 John Eaton
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