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harnessing power from grid

  • 24-02-2015 7:01pm
    #1
    bigtomm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭


    anybody know of any information to "tap" into the grid and run things....
    websites or other general information etc....
    seems like most of the power just goes off into space anyway...hence high prices...
    i need to power a house...small time stuff...

    Please...no obvious questions or irony..

    this is about information with a dash of anarchy..

    Research of course...


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  • #2
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    I used to live in a house that had a huge extension which was another house really with sitting room, kitchen and 2 bedrooms. We had prepay power and we figured out pretty quickly the first time we ran out of credit that the new part of the house was connected in an illegal way to the grid. Que the next year of €20-€30 per month for the lights and cooker and extension leads running to every other room in the house for tvs ect! Huge 5 bed house, cost us feck all!


  • #3
    bigtomm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭bigtomm


    aaakev wrote: »
    I used to live in a house that had a huge extension which was another house really with sitting room, kitchen and 2 bedrooms. We had prepay power and we figured out pretty quickly the first time we ran out of credit that the new part of the house was connected in an illegal way to the grid. Que the next year of €20-€30 per month for the lights and cooker and extension leads running to every other room in the house for tvs ect! Huge 5 bed house, cost us feck all!


    Interesting...this house is a standalone...nearest house...not a possibility...


  • #4
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Why not invest in solar or wind?


  • #5
    Chemical Byrne
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭Chemical Byrne


    There's a very easy way to "tap into" the grid. Oh, and wouldn't you know it, there's a website for it too.
    http://www.esb.ie/esbnetworks/en/domestic-customers/new_domestic_online_connection.jsp

    If your are suggesting or looking for ways of drawing electricity from the grid or another property via illicit means then I will warn you that it is extremely dangerous and consequently ESB Networks are quite ruthless in prosecuting those who engage in it.

    I see you have a sound understanding of the principles of electricity generation, transmission and distribution in that half of it goes into space!


  • #6
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    Chemical Byrne wrote: »
    There's a very easy way to "tap into" the grid. Oh, and wouldn't you know it, there's a website for it too.
    http://www.esb.ie/esbnetworks/en/domestic-customers/new_domestic_online_connection.jsp

    If your are suggesting or looking for ways of drawing electricity from the grid or another property via illicit means then I will warn you that it is extremely dangerous and consequently ESB Networks are quite ruthless in prosecuting those who engage in it.

    So are you 28 or 31? Very curious.....


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  • #7
    bigtomm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 174 ✭✭bigtomm


    thread closed.....thank you for your views...


  • #8
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    bigtomm wrote: »
    thread closed.....thank you for your views...

    Was it something I said?


  • #9
    Chemical Byrne
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭Chemical Byrne


    aaakev wrote: »
    So are you 28 or 31? Very curious.....

    28

    Relevance?


  • #10
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf


  • #11
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    This does be interesting: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=9291

    Or this for a cool pic of a self-lighting bulb: http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/3520/is-it-possible-to-obtain-current-indirectly-from-power-lines

    You can also sap power from a nearby radio transmitter if you want, but not a lot. The amount of power you can get through induction depends on the current going through it


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