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Yep, It Really Does Work
Posted by: Sebastian on 
Feb 28th, 2008 | 
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
February 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
God bless it - that song always gets stuck in my head when I hear it… Thanks! :P
February 29th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Yeah, it works. Wouldn’t have believed it until I saw it myself. Neat trick, yes indeed.
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.
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