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House meter bypassing question
I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and
hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. |
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:19:24 -0500, "steve"
wrote: I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. 1. Hall effect? g 2. Let's say it would work (it won't). The power company would quickly catch on (they have ways, many times checked each tiem the meter is read..) 3. Won't work. The hot side will still go through the meter. The cold side doesn't (other than a jumper wire, but the meter doesn't measure the cold side currnet). This is why millions of people don't already do this! (think about it...) 4. Want free power? Try: a. Wind. b. Geo-thermal (where you have it) c. Solar (expensive, pays for itself in only 20 years or so). d. Water... If you have moving water, and no regulations on what you can do iwth it, water powered generators are very feasible. For both Wind and water, use an automotive alternator/storage battery configuration, then a power inverter to create your 120 volt AC. There are thousands who do this today, and if you have water or wind on a steady basis you may be able to generate a substantial portion of your needs. But as to bypassing the meter... No, you can't do it that way. |
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thanks for your reply, actually the questions came out wrong, I was not
trying to steal power, would do a better job and not speak of it if I was lol, but many of my questions sometimes come out wrong, but at least you responded in a not so harsh manner. Posted the same question on aus.electronics,,and they seemed to freak and come down on my question a bit harsh, so thanks for the reply, steve "PeterD" wrote in message ... On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:19:24 -0500, "steve" wrote: I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. 1. Hall effect? g 2. Let's say it would work (it won't). The power company would quickly catch on (they have ways, many times checked each tiem the meter is read..) 3. Won't work. The hot side will still go through the meter. The cold side doesn't (other than a jumper wire, but the meter doesn't measure the cold side currnet). This is why millions of people don't already do this! (think about it...) 4. Want free power? Try: a. Wind. b. Geo-thermal (where you have it) c. Solar (expensive, pays for itself in only 20 years or so). d. Water... If you have moving water, and no regulations on what you can do iwth it, water powered generators are very feasible. For both Wind and water, use an automotive alternator/storage battery configuration, then a power inverter to create your 120 volt AC. There are thousands who do this today, and if you have water or wind on a steady basis you may be able to generate a substantial portion of your needs. But as to bypassing the meter... No, you can't do it that way. |
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On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 08:38:34 -0500, "steve"
wrote: thanks for your reply, actually the questions came out wrong, I was not trying to steal power, would do a better job and not speak of it if I was lol, but many of my questions sometimes come out wrong, but at least you responded in a not so harsh manner. Posted the same question on aus.electronics,,and they seemed to freak and come down on my question a bit harsh, so thanks for the reply, steve I did leave out one thing (not intentionally) that being that there is already *exactly* what you describe at your meter now! There *must* be a ground rod (to meet code, for safety) that is pernamently bound to the neutral conductor of the power system. |
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House meter bypassing question
"steve" wrote in message ... I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. Trying to keep it not too technical ... suppose you have a VCR with a 2 prong AC plug and the negative wire in that plug was open ... the VCR still turns on because the negative side is feeding thru the negative input and/or output phono cable (shock potential, does happen), are you getting free power for your VCR? Cordially, west |
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"PeterD" wrote in message ... On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:19:24 -0500, "steve" wrote: I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. 1. Hall effect? g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Effect agreed g! 2. Let's say it would work (it won't). The power company would quickly catch on (they have ways, many times checked each tiem the meter is read..) 3. Won't work. The hot side will still go through the meter. The cold side doesn't (other than a jumper wire, but the meter doesn't measure the cold side currnet). This is why millions of people don't already do this! (think about it...) 4. Want free power? Try: a. Wind. b. Geo-thermal (where you have it) c. Solar (expensive, pays for itself in only 20 years or so). d. Water... If you have moving water, and no regulations on what you can do iwth it, water powered generators are very feasible. For both Wind and water, use an automotive alternator/storage battery configuration, then a power inverter to create your 120 volt AC. There are thousands who do this today, and if you have water or wind on a steady basis you may be able to generate a substantial portion of your needs. But as to bypassing the meter... No, you can't do it that way. A *really* powerful magnet like out of a Magnetron valve in a micrwave oven might slow down the rotating aluminium disc in the meter a bit and save you *some* cash, but if it's a modern electronic meter, you're stuffed. |
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House meter bypassing question
Simple answer: Turn off your MAIN Breaker so there is nothing "on" and the
meter stops. Connect your load as envisioned to the mains before the breakers and watch the meter. If it moves, you're getting charged. If not, its Free power. "steve" wrote in message ... I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. |
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House meter bypassing question
A 60hz phased mag fld will slow the meter down , but Teslas maybe very high , deminishing returns .... ___________________________________________ PeterD wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:19:24 -0500, "steve" wrote: I had a question i wondered if anyone could answer. If you take a pipe and hammer it into the ground in your yard and connect a wire to it,,and use that as the negative wire,,then connect a wire to your ac outlet to the hot wire. It reads on a meter around 110 volts but at a lower amperage. So if you used that to say charge batteries would it bypass your house meter and its working hall effect principal?? Would this be almost like free power if it dont register on the meter,,even if its at a lower amperage? Any comments appreciated.. 1. Hall effect? g 2. Let's say it would work (it won't). The power company would quickly catch on (they have ways, many times checked each tiem the meter is read..) 3. Won't work. The hot side will still go through the meter. The cold side doesn't (other than a jumper wire, but the meter doesn't measure the cold side currnet). This is why millions of people don't already do this! (think about it...) 4. Want free power? Try: a. Wind. b. Geo-thermal (where you have it) c. Solar (expensive, pays for itself in only 20 years or so). d. Water... If you have moving water, and no regulations on what you can do iwth it, water powered generators are very feasible. For both Wind and water, use an automotive alternator/storage battery configuration, then a power inverter to create your 120 volt AC. There are thousands who do this today, and if you have water or wind on a steady basis you may be able to generate a substantial portion of your needs. But as to bypassing the meter... No, you can't do it that way. |
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