T wrote in news:MPG.21437710ce5e9d3898a214 @news.east.cox.net:
I got bit by stactic discharge during a hailstorm, when I was unlugging my radio gear.
It would be impractical to collect, store, and convert.
I'm fully aware of those facts. All I'm trying to say is that there's a lot of energy floating around out there that we can't even begin to tap into.
Another aspect.... sealing current implies DC continuity.
That makes craft level loop testing far easier. Larry Lippman made a long post detailing the various bridges [Whetstone, etc] the Test Board used to find where the fault was, but I can't find it in the Google archives.
A.K.A. 'fritting current'. This is used in the railway industry to ensure good connections along the trainlines, and across the contacts of couplers.
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