> > > 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. > > How could you demonstrate this? Where would you put the meter to measure this? thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.