you didnt!!!! noooo ROFLMAO.... at those voltages a wooden broomstick may as well be a length of copper pipe, ever had a play with tesla coils and voltage multipliers? you need ceramic/glass or plastic insulators. Whats wood made of? carbon mostly, and carbon is a conductor, just like holding onto a giant pencil lead and sticking it into a very large power point :-) I still cant beleive you lived KreAture...... cheers, JJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyrre Aalerud" To: Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 4:54 AM Subject: Re: [EE]: Powering PIC from RF (Radio waves!) > LOL, yeah. > I got my lesson the first time. > > KreAture > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peter L. Peres" > To: > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: [EE]: Powering PIC from RF (Radio waves!) > > > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2003, Kyrre Aalerud wrote: > > > > *>Hehe, not such a bad idea actually :-) > > *> > > *>My grandmother owns some land where the power company has been allowed > to > > *>put up some masts to cross over... It's about 1800 meters with *her* > land > > *>and *their* poles. So with this solution it would equal *her* power > hehe... > > > > Just don't do anything stupid, like exerimenting with an 'insulated' > > broomstick to see how much voltage you can get. This is the kind of > > experiment that nets Darwin awards every time. Benjamin Franklin was > > extremely lucky imho. He did have a couple of close calls though. > > > > Peter > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body