anyone tapped into a streetlight for power ???
21-05-2009, 08:12 PM
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anyone tapped into a streetlight for power ???
now ive got my garage bk , the only thing that really stops me from spending time up there is the lack of power ,
the garage is bout a 5 min walk from my gaff and its a council let garage ,
just looking into options for getting power up there as i dont know anyone in the adjacent houses ,
ive got a lilttle genarator , but can get a little noisy ( aint aint new )
so how hard woudl it be to tap into a streetlight main or somthing similar , i know a lad who used to power his garage off one ,
any info ,
yea i know its blatant theft , but how often to they get checked , would it be tough to do ect ,
anyone got any experience with out like this lol
beef
the garage is bout a 5 min walk from my gaff and its a council let garage ,
just looking into options for getting power up there as i dont know anyone in the adjacent houses ,
ive got a lilttle genarator , but can get a little noisy ( aint aint new )
so how hard woudl it be to tap into a streetlight main or somthing similar , i know a lad who used to power his garage off one ,
any info ,
yea i know its blatant theft , but how often to they get checked , would it be tough to do ect ,
anyone got any experience with out like this lol
beef
21-05-2009, 08:18 PM
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It's doable<sp as thats how the council power the stupid lights we get put up around here
just be bloody carefull
and the spying sodding camereas
just be bloody carefull
and the spying sodding camereas
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21-05-2009, 08:23 PM
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how much power are you wanting?
you could use a car battery and a inverter for small amounts of power.
these can be used for bigger power but it gets expensive but they are silent.
you could use a car battery and a inverter for small amounts of power.
these can be used for bigger power but it gets expensive but they are silent.
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21-05-2009, 08:28 PM
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21-05-2009, 08:30 PM
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i dont see why not, just wear rubber boots and have a really good insulated screwdriver when you connect it up. how far aways the nearest lamp post? getting the cable safely across to your garage in a way that isnt going to put kids/animals etc at risk could be a problem?
how far aways the nearest lamp post? getting the cable safely across to your garage in a way that isnt going to put kids/animals etc at risk could be a problem?
21-05-2009, 08:32 PM
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21-05-2009, 08:34 PM
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how do you dare put this question on a public forum beefy ???
use a car battery and inverter for power and take the battery home to charge it.
Nutta !!!
use a car battery and inverter for power and take the battery home to charge it.
Nutta !!!
21-05-2009, 08:36 PM
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21-05-2009, 08:36 PM
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21-05-2009, 08:37 PM
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21-05-2009, 08:37 PM
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I don't know if i'm right here, but if you can master art of levitaing in mid air(ala David Blaine) you wouldn't be earthed and wouldn't get a shock!
Or am i wrong?
Although the floating in mid air looks tricky to master.
HTH
Or am i wrong?
Although the floating in mid air looks tricky to master.
HTH
21-05-2009, 08:46 PM
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well if your going to mention that i did change the shower at home when it broke without turning of the water or the lec while standing in the bath in me boxxers
21-05-2009, 08:48 PM
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21-05-2009, 09:02 PM
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I knew this guy... We called him Dad. He earned a side packet in his day doing these. Seriously. Any questions, let me know. From having a second meter in the house for down stairs, all the way to full on no 'Leccy being paid at all, he's done it all.
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21-05-2009, 09:04 PM
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pmsl , like i gave a fuck about a public forum lol ,
rich u obvioulsy dont know me fella
i wouldnt wire it up meself lol i know someone farr more stupid i could wind up into doing it , lol
ohh and apaprt from the legality , if you could do a gud job of hiding the wire ?????/?
and jacko , if you let me bring it down to the unit i wont need to wire up me garage lol
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21-05-2009, 09:05 PM
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its all about the 5 pot
They are perm live, just a day/night swich turns em on/off. When i was a kid, we had a block of sheds inside the bottom of the tower block where we lived, me mate hooked up a old 4 plug extension lead to one of the lights for free council juice, just dont arc anything out when you rig it up and hide the lead !!
