Olin Lathrop wrote:

> >
> > As long as the power company doesn't loose power in their system from it
> he
> > isn't stealing.

> Nonetheless if the power company floods your property with strong E and B
> fields, it seems a bit strange that you shouldn't be allowed to harness
> those fields.


I'm on the power company's side here. He has made an
air cored transformer, and any competent EE witness in
court would back up the theory that this is the same
transformer principle used by EVERY transformer between
the power company and it's customers to deliver power
from those transmission lines to each customer.

The fact that his home made transformer looked funny
won't cut it. If he had made ANY type of AC transformer
which directly drained power from the power company's
equipment he is stealing their joules plain and simple.
It could be demonstrated that joules he gained were
lost from their system.
-Roman

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