We have a summer cottage in the woods. It would cost a fortune to have poles and power lines run to this place, since it's about 8 miles to the nearest pole. All we want are a few lights and outlets for power tools and small appliances. A generator is costly too, and then it needs expensive gas. Someone told us to get wireless power from the electric company. I guess it works something like satellite tv. Where can we get it? The power company around here said they do not have it.
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You're going to the totally wrong souce. Go to church, not the power company. The CEO at church will hook you up with wireless electricity. Not only is it wireless, it's free. It's called ligntning. Once delivered, it's up to you to manage it to your needs.
The only wireless power is solar cells charging a battery and then using an inverter to convert the DC from the battery to 120V to power your stuff. Anything else, someone is pulling your leg.
Wireless power comes from flashlights, battery-powered lighting, battery-powered tools, wood-burning stoves, fireplaces, kerosene lanterns, uninterrupted power supplies, etc.
If you think you can afford a summer home, then you're goin g to have to spend some money. Me, I can't afford one.
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Wireless electricity was my idea, 45 years ago when I was 15.
I didn't think I'd have to wait this long for someone else to develop it. I just heard this year that someone is working on it, but a) it's not ready yet, b) I know wonder about the safety of the4 radiation, c) it's range might be 20 feet, but it won't be 8 miles.
But gas is not that expensive. It's only 4 times what it was a few years ago, and only 20 times what it was when I started driving. A generator can go I'm guessing, 2 to 4 hours on a gallon. Don't leave it on all the time or at night. Get a remote start generator and keep it far enough from the cabin with a sound deadening cover so you don't hear it much. Maybe get one tht has a timer to turn itself off. Get 12 volt light bulbs for your cabin, and use a 15 volt genertor to charge car batteries. Get a refrigerator with no moving parts, or use a 12 volt picnic cooler with combination heating or cooling. Or bring ice or imitation ice from home.
Power tools can use a lot of current, so decide what you'll be using before buying the generator.
Wireless electricity transmission is still in experimental stages at MIT. They call it WiTricity, and have been able to transmit about seven feet. My guess is that if and when it's developed to a point that electric services can be wireless, it'll cost more than a generator, and we'll all probably be long dead
I do have a device to deliver both electricity and fluids (water, gas, etc...) wirelessly. It involves a matched pair of small iron boxes, each containing one of the ends of a wormhole. Since these aren't guaranteed safe, each has a protective device to protect the throat from entry by fingers.
To use one, you must engage the "i" mode prior to hookup.
BTW, that's how they get cable TV on the space station :-)
I can't imagine a windmill/charger/invertor setup being cheaper than a generator. It is unlikely to pay for itself in saved fuel costs within a person's lifetime.
You might be surprised. Great plains farms used them years ago. There was a market for low voltage appliances too. Easy to fabricate with only hand tools and off the shelf parts.
Hmmm, wireless water. Has a nice ring to it. I'm just wondering...when there's a bad atmospheric disturbance like solar flares, comets, magnetic storms from space or Billy Mays yelling, what happens when the cell phone, water and electricity signals get jumbled?
Maybe a good thing can come of it though. Like on your cell phone hear Billy Mays' flesh boiling being electrocuted in water huh?
The only wireless power is solar cells charging a battery and then using an inverter to convert the DC from the battery to 120V to power your stuff. Anything else, someone is pulling your leg.
Bob Hofmann
Not true. Look up Mutual Induction or Evanesent Wave Coupling So far it is not a practical method for home use, but it may be in a few years for some applications.
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