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Firearms Policy and Politics in Pennsylvania

Yep, It Really Does Work

author Posted by:Sebastian on date Feb 28th, 2008 | filed Filed under: Weird

High tension lines really can light up fluorescent lights.  The Barenaked Ladies even wrote a song about it:

A Hydro-field cuts through my neighborhood
Somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard

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tag3 Responses to “Yep, It Really Does Work”

  1. Linoge Said,
    February 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    God bless it – that song always gets stuck in my head when I hear it… Thanks! :P

  2. alex. Said,
    February 29th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Yeah, it works. Wouldn’t have believed it until I saw it myself. Neat trick, yes indeed.

  3. Mopar Said,
    March 1st, 2008 at 7:38 am

    FYI: This also works with RF (radio).
    When we where younger we would key the transmitter on a mobile radio running 4-500 watts am/cw and then have “light saber” duels around the car with fluorescent tubes. In hindsight (and 25yrs older, ick!) it probably wasn’t the smartest thing we did back then, but at least it wasn’t the dumbest.