[BC] Charge Dissipation Devices

[Ron Castro]

I think I would want to try safer sources of energy first! :->

Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC


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Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] Charge Dissipation Devices


> In a message dated 05/11/2005 11:30:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ronc at sonic.net writes:
>
>> That is similar to a report I remember reading in QST about a ham who put
> an
>>  ammeter in line with a dissipation device on his tower at home and saw
>>  around 50 amps of current as a storm approached.
>
> Good gravy! That could certainly be used to charge a battery, at least
> partially! That's a lot of juice! Maybe this is a method to "harness" at 
> least a
> tiny bit of the power from storms... if not commercially, certainly 
> experienced
> hobbyists could do it. :)
>
> Willie...
>
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