Get free electricity from a phone jack

Get free electricity from a phone jack

How to get free electricity from a phone jack Learn how to get free electricity from your home telephone line just by watching this video. Save money on your power bill, and hack into the electricity coming out of the phone jack. The phone company doesn't monitor electricity usage, so you can probably get away with this con. Check out this video tutorial and learn how to tap into the electrical energy source in your phone line.

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How to get free electricity from a phone jack

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Learn how to get free electricity from your home telephone line just by watching this video. Save money on your power bill, and hack into the electricity coming out of the phone jack. The phone company doesn't monitor electricity usage, so you can probably get away with this con. Check out this video tutorial and learn how to tap into the electrical energy source in your phone line.

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atarikg 5 months ago
wow this is awesome :) thanks but I can't use it because it's illegal right ? who knows :)
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catdude 4 months ago
Excellent way to get your phone service terminated for abuse. The voltage that comes across the phone lines is NOT intended to provide significant levels of current.
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mothergoose 4 months ago
The phone line at the jack is 50 Volts <<<DIRECT CURRENT>>>...useless for most appliances. Also, this is an excellent way of putting a solid short on the line, knocking your phones out of service....if detected by the local TEL-Co and you can be CHARGED!!!
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stratumjen 4 months ago
too much work for too little (questionably legal) payout
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earwig 4 months ago
How would a phone company detect this? For all they know it can be powering a mickey mouse phone with moving eyes.
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bribot 3 months ago
People have been doing this for years,... and I love the ignorant people that bring up this is illegal,...or this will mess up your phone, bs. It won't mess up your phone, and they can't charge you because they don't monitor the current, they aren't the electric company. I'd love to know what your perfect by the book life is like, just because your not smart enough to mod anything,....your a joke.
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johncy 3 months ago
Yay! I love when people yell at each other. It's almost as good as CL's "Rants and Raves".
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billyQ1984 2 months ago
Ok this is total crap lol I work for the telco company7 and this is wrong it two ways, A: you dont have current going through the phone lines unless the phone is ringing and when the phone is ringing it is 120v AC and B: when you have a cordless phone and the power goes out does the phone work for those who dont know the answer is no, nice try
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sillyq1984 2 months ago
billyq1984 is so happy to share his knowledge about his job, he neglects the fact that he is wrong. fact: current is running without an incoming call billq. cordless phones arent powered by the phone line, they receive power from the wall with an ac adapter. if the power from the wall(non phone jack) goes out, the phone wont have power. billyq, you are a fool.
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ffeirizal 2 months ago
that is great for knowledge
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frankie7 2 months ago
Lol Rectal-fire
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newer001 2 months ago
bow chicka bow wow
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bribot 2 months ago
Yes, Billy you work for the phone company on the moon maybe? Current is always flowing through your phone jack, the truth is: more current (cannot give you the exact voltage) is flowing through the phone jack when the phone rings. You could do many great things with this, if you know how to convert, manage, and control power! Hahahaha! I will take over the world! ...just kidding on that part, but yeah many cool things are possible!
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bored_n_az last month
What everyone has failed to mention is that the available current (not voltage) is very small. If you exceed it, you will overload the telco equipment and trip a fuse. When the phone company comes out to investigate, it won't take them long to figure out what you've been up to. Note that the video uses an LED lamp that only draws a few watts. This small amount of "saved" power will be insignificant on your electric bill and is hardly worth the trouble.
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bored_n_az last month
By the way, was I the only one who thinks this was narrated by Napoleon Dynamite? :-P
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bobder2 last month
acually some phones do get a bit of power from phone jacks but not enough to save money on electric bill(when ur poer is out corded phones still work so i proved with example)
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bobder2 last month
whoops typo power not poer
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WOLFGUTTS last month
I was able to power my mini tv
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thegoodfaery 3 weeks ago
Is there someplace that explains how to do this, in more 'user friendly' terms? I don't have any idea what you were talking about...as far as the needed parts goes. Great idea though!
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nashphil 2 weeks ago
How about a component list?
Step by step?
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PVgangster 2 weeks ago
In my bacement where my phone comes in, theres a power adapter hooked in to the wall hooking up to the phone lines. so you all are dumb.
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dorknet 1 week ago
OK to add more facts to this one, CURRENT does not flow unless a device is actually connected, whether its a phone or another load. VOLTAGE, however is ALWAYS present, even when your home electric is off. ( This is ehy you should always keep an "old school" phone around; cordless phones have to have 120volts ac to power the charger)

Around here, the telco jacks provide about 27 -28 volts dc, and the current output would be limited by the size of the wire. A large load on the line would probably burn the wiring out before anything else, BUT it would be possible to run low power devices off this line, provided the voltage was reduced to the right level for your device.

Just my 5 cents worth...
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eric67 5 days ago
very nice idea,can be used when power goes out
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couz650 2 days ago
holly...a lot of people don't know anything about phone lines...the guy in the video is right. but has to be an LED cause a load too big will blow the fuses and be the way, there will be no wire melting...here in Canada, you have aroud 52 volts d.c on the line at anytime and 90 volts ac when it rings.the 52 volts d.c are coming from huge batteries in the phones co. central. I work for a tel co. and billyq, you don't know what you're talkin' about
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kappitts 2 days ago
So what if it is DC... your TV, Computer, and BetaMax all run off of DC after the electricity goes through a converter Power Supply... Bypass the power supply and you can run many household devices from batteries... and Billyq, your ignorance of circuitry is funny... Although teh phone line can power a cordless phone, it is wired to be powered by an AC to DC converter... if you lose power you lose your phone, because the phone is not wired to recieve power from the phone lines.
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sounddr63 16 hours ago
with A little basic math, and a couple components, you could put together a dc/dc converter that puts out 3-5 volts, and keep you'r cordless charged, and charging when the electricy goes out. And the phones working all the time! And no worries about blowing fuses, burning wires, or legal problems. And for those of you who don't believe this, I dont care. And just keep loosing your phone when the power goes out. After all, ignorance is bliss!!!!
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