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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by greyface- on Sunday January 28, 2024 @04:48AM (#39164044)
The fan is analogous to the antenna - it changes the RF landscape, such that a small amount of energy that would otherwise have stayed in the transmission line begins to flow into the antenna, similar to how the fan changes the air current landscape.
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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by cjdell on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:55AM (#39164812)
Is this similar to "transformer action"?
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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by batch12 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @11:00AM (#39166926)
Wouldn't this be the same or greater if the fence is grounded?
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Re:Harvesting Electricity from High-Voltage Transmission Lin... by arwineap on Sunday January 28, 2024 @09:58PM (#39172234)
Would this still be the case if the power lines were properly isolated?

It feels a lot like spillage to me, antenna or not, but I admit my emf is weak

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