Guy harvesting energy from the Grid using a simple radio antenna?

[riyadh144]

For me I don't believe him for a second. First of all if you look at his multimeter the probes are connected to the volts and amps, and he is measuring voltage from a transformer using DC, and he is supplying power to a car charger without any regulation. Not to mention the crappy antenna he is using.

[botcrusher]

Well, the myth busters managed to get a tiny amount of power out of a massive antenna grid.. (Until it released magic smoke)

[SL4P]

And I believe that in many western, capitalist democracies - this has already been judged as 'stealing' rather than harvesting.
The field around the transmission lines is the property of the electricity supplier.
Sigh.
It would be good to have references.

[German_EE]

Don't believe it, especially because of those funky connections to the multimeter.

[helius]

The multimeter looks like it has already had some traumatic event and been repaired with tape. So, maybe the common jack is simply burnt.
That channel has some crazy stuff on it, but nothing that seems fake so far.

[Marco]

I wonder if that's close to some kind of transformer station, with the high voltage wiring closer to the ground than with the normal pylons (seen in the distance).

[uncle_bob]

And I believe that in many western, capitalist democracies - this has already been judged as 'stealing' rather than harvesting.
The field around the transmission lines is the property of the electricity supplier.
Sigh.
It would be good to have references.

Hi

The classic story is the insulated fence running for a couple of miles under a high voltage line. Put it off to one side with certain geometries of line and you can get a bit of energy. Put in another fence on the other side of the line and you can light a couple of bulbs. Farmer figures some part of this out and power company finds out. Farmer gets told to stop.

Bob

[JimRemington]

It is easy to light up a fluorescent bulb under high tension power lines. A few years ago, this artistic project lit up a whole field of bulbs: http://www.industrytap.com/florescent-bulbs-unplugged-and-shinning-tapping-electromagnetic-fields/1763 (We can forgive industrytap.com for their atrocious spelling).

[edavid]

And I believe that in many western, capitalist democracies - this has already been judged as 'stealing' rather than harvesting.
The field around the transmission lines is the property of the electricity supplier.

*Why* do you believe that?  Do you have any evidence that this has ever happened?

[T3sl4co1l]

Going down a slightly more detailed googling, I don't see evidence that a case has ever existed.

Call up the local power company and see if you can get any specifics?  I mean, regarding cases.

Tim