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Watt a mess! Power lines hit homeowner with financial jolt(Stupidity alert)
Boston Herald ^
| Thursday, December 28, 2006
| Jay Fitzgerald
Posted on 12/28/2006 5:17:17 AM PST by GQuagmire
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To: DB
I used to live in an apartment 30 years ago that was practicallly right underneath some HV Tower power lines. My stereo system of the time (Pioneer/Marantz) had a constant BUZZZZZZZZZZ................
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:51:29 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: andy58-in-nh
No I couldnt. In fact I am still laughing about it.
To: atomicpossum
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:52:32 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(I believe in Jesus Christ, the reason for the season.)
To: GQuagmire
I remember hearing about some farmer in Alabama who put a huge coil in a chicken house, and ran his entire farm for almost ten years before they caught him. (The nature of TVA's easement allowed him to put farm buildings on the easement).
To: Red Badger
Pretty much does in AM reception too...
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:55:26 AM PST
by
DB
To: GQuagmire
Can a tech savvy FReeper explain how power "leaks" from transmission lines? I should think they'd be well insulated.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:58:45 AM PST
by
JimRed
("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
To: DreamsofPolycarp
Two thoughts.
1. The house is not properly grounded. Proper grounding will make any static buildup next to impossible.
2. When given a lemon. make lemonade. If his property is close enough I wonder if he could be inductively coupled to the power lines. Say the power line is the primary side of a transformer, he could run a parallel length of wire and treat it as a secondary side of a transformer and have it drive a load. Free power! Another way of looking at it is the power company was broadcasting on to his property and he was merely receiving the signal.
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:58:55 AM PST
by
Mark was here
(How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
To: GQuagmire
You would think common sense would have prevailedYa think?
Look up, see wires, feel buzz...
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posted on
12/28/2006 5:59:44 AM PST
by
SouthTexas
(I'm not through with this year.........)
To: Long Island Pete
Lots of live wires on this thread.
To: GQuagmire
To: JimRed
Get within 5 feet of a High Tension Wire and it will Arc Out to you.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:07:39 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: JimRed
I should think they'd be well insulated.High voltage lines are not insulated at all.
To: GQuagmire; al baby
So, it sounds like he doesn't even have to plug in his Beeber to recharge it.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:11:13 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(As far as we know, all numbers are imaginary. some just hurt your brain more than others. ~ lepton)
To: GQuagmire
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Brings a whole new meaning to current events. I don't know about this story. I don't see how it's possible to be as bad as they claim. A $400K home is going to take at least 4 months to build. No one noticed this and complained. Trusses were set using a boom truck. You'd think contractor saws, routers, skill saws etc. would have also been effected during the build. With as much press as high power lines have had over the years in "Erin Brockovich" type of stories, this guy had to be a moron to spend this kind of money 27 feet away to begin with. Just because the city gives one a permit to build a home on top of a swamp, doesn't mean it's a guarantee things will be fine. There will be a lot of ohm chanting in the near future with this guy, but I'm not sure it will have anything to do with Karma. |
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:12:06 AM PST
by
HawaiianGecko
(Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.)
To: JimRed
Couple of things going on here.
First, I think the guy is an idiot!
Second, this is an interesting challenge thrown down to the power company(s). For years, the power companies will tell you that there is nothing harmful about their lines. They do so, because of the devastating effect that it would have on all developed countries with overhead power. So if that were true, then the house underneath would be just fine (only an idiot would push the edge of the envelope) according to theory. I'd be interested in who all is behind this clown (and what is going on behind the curtain).
I have some ulterior motives for watching this case as I'm part of the electrical community. The question that exists in my head is "What the hell was wrong with "the authorities" for letting him build it? Need to clean the city up of "the powers that be"! They do make cease and desist orders.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:17:20 AM PST
by
Issaquahking
(Trust can't be bought)
To: GQuagmire
A spokeswoman for National Grid, which owns the transmission lines, said Zagami has no one to blame but himself for proceeding with construction last year without getting the companys permission. Debbie Drew, the spokeswoman, said Zagami built his home on National Grids easement and ignored its repeated warning to stop. So, he's told to stop and he doesn't, and now somehow it's not his fault?
To: reagan_fanatic
AC come, DC go. Now that is clever. Best pun on this thread.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:22:53 AM PST
by
Jeff F
To: Mark was here
If his property is close enough I wonder if he could be inductively coupled to the power lines. Say the power line is the primary side of a transformer, he could run a parallel length of wire and treat it as a secondary side of a transformer and have it drive a load. Free power!
Mark,
This is known as theft of services. It is one of the charges the government(s) use when people go skiing at a ski resort, and then ignore the boundaries, and ski in closed areas. Can be good for jail, and/or fines.
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posted on
12/28/2006 6:23:01 AM PST
by
Issaquahking
(Trust can't be bought)
To: DB
According to the article, he built his house on the easement. Seems to me a pretty simple survey would have shown the problem and could have moved the house back.
To: GQuagmire
http://data.visionappraisal.com/northattleboroma/(S(uldpnwfoj2yqhd555xijjo45))/findpid.aspx?iTable=pid&pid=8790
Ownership History Owner Name Book/Page Sale Date Sale Price
ZAGAMI CHRISTOPHER J 15032/0242 7/29/2005 100,000
DESVERGNES JOHN 08836/0292 6/14/2000 1
HERITAGE HOMES OF ATTLEBORO 08608/0015 12/21/1999 0
TOWN OF NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 06884/0176 9/17/1996 0
HERITAGE HOMES OF ATTLEBORO IN 01542/0398 1/19/1969 1
There is a fellow out there by the name of John who has some splainin' to do. This property was changing hands for a dollar or less since 1969 until this guy sold it to his mark. Like to see some of the seller's documents and hear his argument against title insurance.
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