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Arrow Re: Harnassing Static Electricity

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Most pholtovoltaic solar and wind electric power systems use 12 volt, although they use 'marine' batteries instead of car batteries, and usually use a 'bank' of them. I'm thinking, A) This could be used as a supplement to such a system charging even when cloudy or windless, or B) By using a bigger system, ...
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I like it Jim! I knew this was discussed at Hypog before so I found the thread. As I describe in post #5, I heard about this power idea in relation to a large antenna for Ham radio, but in that case the power being induced was unwanted.

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