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PS.
Did you know that electric company's will find a way to take you to court to say that you are stealing their energy, even if its 10ft from their power lines....
Tom...
Hmm, isn't that just one of those well known urban legends?
Maybe you know any such cases yourself? (links, please?).
Anyway, 10" should be inside the "safety clearance" for any obstacles nearby power lines (trees, ...).
I'm curious, how would You distantly "pick" the power from the "power lines"? Care to provide an idea? What kind of coil, "apparatus"... dimensions,?..how much energy recollected?
Enough to light a led? A few? A heater?
Nowadays, el. companies (usually) deny any el. power "influence" on the surroundings (!), so you may be free to grab all the "FE" from the power lines. If you know how to do it... (distantly, of course, - galvanic connections (before the meter) are still illegal)...