[FrunkSlammer]

I can't make heads or tails of this.. is it real or fake or just nuts?

 

[HawkShock]

Tesla said it was real. Tesla claimed he did it.

 

[macmikeman]

I dont have any problem believing it. Those guys are White Caucasians . . Very inventive bunch.

 

[kbsparky]

Sounds a bit different from the old "skeleton" service, which was used in rural areas 100 years ago -- a single HV wire, using the actual ground for the return.

 

[maddhatter]

We use a one wire system in Australia, in rural areas. It's called "Single Wire Earth Return" or SWER.

Essentially earth is your return path...

 

[chicken steve]

SWER


~CS~

 

[backstay]

My Russian's not too good but didn't they say a Tesla's transmitter and receiver? So it's not really single wire, just high frequency. Or I got it wrong, it's early and I'm sleepy.

 

[CraigV]

Sounds a bit different from the old "skeleton" service, which was used in rural areas 100 years ago -- a single HV wire, using the actual ground for the return.

It's used in the US too. I've seen it in a few rural areas. Easy to spot the single HT wire with a drop to the xfrmr.

 

[chicken steve]

I don't think 'the peoples news' over there is entirely factual....:whistling2:~CS~

 

[CraigV]

It'll never go anywhere commercially...even if all the technical issues are worked out, if they transmit energy via skinny wires high in the air, it'll be easy to steal that power. Also, the wire cost isn't as great as assumed, because they need wire that's physically strong enough to withstand being strung across long distances outdoors.

Note too that incandescent bulbs don't mind HF power, but motors and electronics will need a receiver, and then a transformer and frequency modulator. $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Anyone else notice the transformer looked like a big spool of Romex Sim-Pull?

 

[CraigV]

I don't think 'the peoples news' over there is entirely factual....:whistling2:~CS~

So, is like US news?

 

[MWayne]

3 questions/comments:
1) looks like they left the EMF participle dangling, i.e. the EMF effects may be much worse.
2) yes, smaller wire but still need conduits, power poles etc. etc.
3) did anyone catch exactly how they produced 3 phase from a single wire?

 

[chicken steve]

I hear Prius owners like 'em>

~CS~

 

[Big John]

CS, WTF am I looking at in that photo...?

 

[oldtimer]

CS, WTF am I looking at in that photo...?

I would say he is picking worms to go fishing .

O. K. What do I win ?

 

[8V71]

CS, WTF am I looking at in that photo...?

They are lighting a 100 watt bulb using 2400' of earth for the return path.

http://www.aprs.org/aprs-swer-test.html

 

[LARMGUY]

I can't make heads or tails of this.. is it real or fake or just nuts?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcvSXQHvFLg&feature=youtu.be

I had trouble with the translation because when the newsgirl was speaking, I wasn't watching the subtitles. :no:

I did pick up one tidbit that made sense. The one engineer said "to the receiving transformer". That to me was stating instead of pumping electricity down a wire, they are pumping on one end and pulling on the other?

Does that make sense?