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I think C_M was....:rotfl:
Probably, but high voltages backed with currents like this do not take prisoners so I think it's best to discourage such activities, just in case someone thinks it's a top moneysaving tip!
Anyone remember the 70's/80's public safety films for pylons/substations etc - they were great!0 -
I dont believe so. You may as well say you are stealing the radio waves.Same principle.AKA as electricity theft. This is no different to tapping a cable directly. Both activities are illegal and dangerous.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0 -
I can't imagine that the electricity company would want to sell it, but you can always ask. If this is important to you, it would be worthwhile establishing this before you buy. If they did allow you to buy it, you would have to pay their legal fees as well as your own in addition to the cost of the land, so it may be expensive.
From their point of view, it makes sense to retain the land. As long as they retain the land they have the ability to build a substation at any time should the estate develop or expand in such a way that one is required. They may also have easements on surrounding properties to allow them to route cables to it.
If they don't own the land, it would be much harder for them to buy a suitable plot in the future and go through the hassle and expense of negotiating cable runs.
If this is a small plot of land, the type of substation they are likely to build would be a final distribution one. These are small unobtrusive units approximately the size of a garage that are used to supply up to a few hundred homes. They are normally supplied by 11kv underground cables and contain a transformer to lower the voltage and some switchgear.
Hold on a bit, they only have a lease on the land. They don't own it.This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !0 -
C_Mababejive wrote: »I dont believe so. You may as well say you are stealing the radio waves.Same principle.
I’m sorry, but you are incorrect. That is not a valid comparison. Minute radio signals are received by Ariel’s and the tiny signals are then greatly amplified using power transistors. These signals are broadcast by very powerful transmitters with the express purpose to be consumed in this manner.
Using coils as you described relating to high AC voltages is simply improvising a transformer. That’s exactly what goes on behind the locked doors. How much electricity you could usefully gather this way would depend on the strength of the magnetic field. Around a domestic substation or shielded 11KV cable, this should be fairly insignificant. Around an unshielded 11KV and upward cable it would be very high indeed.0 -
Hold on a bit, they only have a lease on the land. They don't own it.
Leaseholder\freeholder - in this instance, what difference would it make? If you have the lease you are effectivly the owner in that you control the land and may do with it as you will within the limits of the lease agreement until the lease reverts back to the freeholder in 100 years or whatever the remaining term is.0 -
OP, your first port of call should be to download the register and plans from the official land registry website for the property (total cost approx £8) then you can see exacly what the score is instead of relying on the vendor. Be sure to use the offical gov site (http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/) and not one of the many rip off ones that charge you 10 times as much for exactly the same information.
IMO, if there is a burden on the land, you should reduce your offer according to worst case scenario (losing half your garden in this case).
An alternative would be to get the vendor to buy out the lease as a condition of sale (it is a buyers market afterall).
Personally, I would look for a property which does not have these complications.0 -
I think losing half the garden is the least of the OP's problems if this goes ahead.0
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Electromagnetic radiation is all around us and free to capture if you know how.Feudal Britain needs land reform. 70% of the land is "owned" by 1 % of the population and at least 50% is unregistered (inherited by landed gentry). Thats why your slave box costs so much..0
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