Aplin17 said:
Is there anyway to utilize the electricity that comes in your phone line?
How
effective and how many watts could you draw from the phone line?
Um, dude, why? Why would you want to steal something that is so plentiful,
that you can get for free? Here's what you do if you want some free
electricity:
First, get you some magnets. And some wire. You'll need wire. Figure out
some way to make the magnets or the wire move around. They should be close
to each other while they're moving about, and it's important that the motion
be relative. That is, one must be moving while the other stays still. Then
hook whatever it is that you need electricity for up to the wire. It really
is that simple. You can have all the electricity you want, for free, this
way.
Wind is a popular tool for making stuff move. Or running water. Or you
could hook it up to a motor, although that requires running the motor which
will burn gas.
Alternatively there are the no-moving-parts solutions, but the materials for
them can be expensive. I'm referring to solar batteries, and thermocouples
here...
The bottom line is, if you have the resources to sucessfully steal
electricity, then those same resources can be more profitably employed
generating free electricity. Stealing it thus becomes an exercise in
counter-productivity. But then you already knew that, didn't you? You just
wanted to jerk our collective chain.