h a l f b a k e r yThere goes my teleportation concept.
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And every picture you hang is electric! |
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You should only use one spike. This spike is mostly insulated except for part of the tip. The insulated portion grips onto thick rubber foam insulation layer. Around this spike is a flat "plug" which provides ground simply by touching the wall. |
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However, this requires the use of a metalic grounded wall layer, which is not aesthetically pleasing. Instead, you can have a multi-terminal spike which looks a bit like headphone plugs. This penetrates the wallpaper so that the tip reaches the +v side while the ring around the base contacts the grounding layer. Your layers are: |
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The plug, from inside out, is: |
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4. Large diameter flexible "plug" to prevent overpenetration |
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Geepers...we might actually be onto something here. |
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I think that you would end up with a lot of wasted material for the occasional need to plug in a wall sconce, however a baseboard or cap molding constructed of such material would allow for a full perimeter outlet which would cover you for 99% of plugging in situations and would be readily retrofit able to existing homes. |
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"Dougal, have you finished hanging that
picture yet? ... Dougal?" |
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The trouble is that an estimated 10% of homes have the phase and neutral transposed. This is understood to be because tradesmen, by and large, don't give a stuff. |
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This doesn't normally cause problems with regular appliances (in fact it is common to design in failsafes on both sides of the circuit due to this issue), however it will be a problem if the outer surface of the wall is as described. Bzzt, thud. |
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How much energy is wasted in the
overwhelmingly unused
portion of the electrified wall? |
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And what about when you decide to
rearrange the feng shui, are you left with a
bunch of holes? |
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What you are doing is building one very
large capacitor and connecting it to a
50Hz supply. |
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I cannot help but imagine that there will be
problems. |
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How exactly do you nail up the drywall? |
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