Hey this may sound a silly question, but when a light bulb socket doesnt have a bulb in, but the switch is left on does it cost you in electricity? cheers
If you put out a few spare bowls and empty saucepans around the sub-station, you may be able to catch some of this electricity before it flows away to earth.
As someone who works in electric distribution, I can assure you that vehelpfulguy's answer regarding recycling electricity is totally wrong, although I'm not sure whether it's misinterpretation or sarcasm.
Most people know that electricity flows uphill better than downhill - otherwise how does it get up tall skyscrapers ?
So to collect it - you need a large plastic bag or balloon - not a lake - you plonker.......
It used to be, in the old GPO phone boxes, you could get a free call by tapping the phone cradle to dial the number.
If you were caught, you were charged with 'stealing electricity' from the GPO. For some reason, Vehelpful's answer was never considered to be an acceptable defense!
When I was a kid we used to go in phone boxes and dial ERB (engineers ring back) which used to be a test for the engineers. Once you heard the ringing tone you put the phone down and it started ringing.
Then retreat to a safe distance and watch people wondering whether to answer.
Panic Button....i did that too (i am 46 and i did it as a teen) i always wondered why it used to say "high loop resistance"
(was it 141 then the actual number or has demetia set in?