Cut your electric bill in half without conserving energy
- by Dan Chilton on Sep 12th 2007 10:00AM
- backyard science, household hacks, weekend projects, geek it yourself, electrical, electronics
I was hesitant to post this tutorial, seeing as how it could get your utilities turned off if you were caught doing it, but I thought it deserved a little attention if for no other reason than to illustrate an easily fixable vulnerability in the way utility companies currently read meters. To be completely honest with you, I'm not 100% sure how, or even if this project works. Luckily for us, however, we have some fantastic readers who will (and should) quickly jump in and let me know what a dork I am for believing that something like this would even work in the first place.So, with that out of the way, let's look at how you can "supposedly" cut your electrical bill in half by creating some sort of weak electromagnetic field around your meter.
Materials
- Copper wire (apparently any gauge will work)
- Two magnets (one significantly larger than the other)
- Electrical tape
- Plastic cup
- Enough distilled water to fill the plastic cup
- Saran wrap, or other plastic wrapping
- Rubber band
Tools
- Wire cutter / stripper
Time
Less than 15 minutes. This one's definitely a quickie.
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