Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lll-winken!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!ISW From: ISW@cup.portal.com (Isaac S Wingfield) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Using "Free" telephone power Message-ID: <17996@cup.portal.com> Date: 5 May 89 19:39:36 GMT References: <636@serene.UUCP> <920@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> <3139@kitty.UUCP> <931@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM> Distribution: usa Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 7 I'll bet that if you used a lead-acid gel cell or some Ni-Cads in your telephone, you could charge them all the time the 'phone was on hook, and have plenty of "free energy" during off-hook use. Isaac isw@cup.portal.com