run in with law enforcement
Added 2020-12-20 23:12:20 +0000 UTCTesla coils generate a lot of ozone, so any time I've ran one for a significant amount of time I clear out the air in my shop when I'm finished for the night. I do this by opening the door and a window, and use fans to evacuate the air. The other night, I had an unexpected visitor walk in when I was doing this. A cop was on patrol and saw the door wide open with a bunch of weird stuff inside and decided to check it out.
I didn't hear him walk up since the fans were running, and not gonna lie, it freaked me out having someone show up late at night like that. He was definitely more sketched out than I was though. π At first he was like "WTF is this place!?" I told him what I do, and that I was currently working on a Tesla coil. He asked me a few questions to make sure I wasn't going to burn the place down, and he asked for my YT username to look me up. I assured him that I have a lot of experience with this stuff, and that my landlord knows what I'm doing, and he lightened up after that.
He looked at my pole pig and said "those are the transformers that they mount to the poles!" and then saw the huge capacitor bank next to it and said "you'd get blown up if you touched that!" He just shook his head and told me to be careful, and went on his way.
I'm sure it was one of the weirder interactions he's had on patrol lol.
I have had some improvements with the tesla coil BTW! more on that soon!
Comments
I think he realized that, as a potential supervillain, you were out of his jurisdiction.
Hyperballad Eyes
2020-12-25 00:00:01 +0000 UTCIt sounds like a YT username is like a "get out of jail for free card" over there! I'd surely be convinced.
Ristomatti Airo
2020-12-22 00:05:32 +0000 UTCThat's hilarious! I'm sure he was happy to avoid going through the paperwork of booking and logging of that evidence! I'm sure he'll tell his friends and the station, and you'll get a small bump in views. You must live in a safe area, with uninteresting neighbors! If you were my neighbor, I would be watching for that door to open for a peak inside the lair! Stay safe though, for real. Professional mess up all the time. Triple check your work. Then sleep, and double check again. It's selfish, I'll admit - I want more content. :) Keep it up and thanks for sharing. Happy Holidays!
Sean Daggett
2020-12-21 04:32:15 +0000 UTC
