I didn't do anything *that* stupid.

I made a rectifier/capacitor setup and a antenna setup with a antenna
totaling 5 meters.
I made it in my house, nowhere near any high power lines.

I connected antenna to rectifier and then ground to rectifier.  (To make
sure I didn't move the potentials close to each other before I knew I was
ready.

At 0 load I got the cap up to 65-139 volts DC.  I hadn't measured this and
soldered on 2 wires for a load.  I hadn't removed the isolation in the other
end of the two wires and since they were jointed (produced as a strip of 2
with insulation melted together) I used my mouth and just ripped of the end.
This was when I noticed I actually had some power in that capacitor!  My
lips were numb for quite some time but I got no scars or burns from it.

I wasn't expecting that much voltage, only 2-5 volts.

    KreAture



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Johnson" <jonathan@OUTEREDGE.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]: Powering PIC from RF (Radio waves!)


> 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" <kreature@C2I.NET>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> 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" <plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
> > To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> > 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
> > >
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