No. The electric code will not allow this. The thermostat on most units merely switches one leg of the 240 volt power. There is no neutral present.
John himself | Sep 01, 2007
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Tom Russell - Stealing Electricity
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Tom Russell Stealing Electricity
Tom Russell in my opinion is America's greatest songwriter. Here he is performing Stealing Electricity on the Letterman Show.
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(111 diggs) Stealing A Nation-John Pilger (part 1/4)
Mar 23, 2011 from mysticdave(mysticdave) in World News
Stealing A Nation reveals the extraordinary story of the secret expulsion of the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean by successive British governments, so that the principal island, Diego Garcia, could be handed to the United States as a major military base. It is from this base that American aircraft have attacked Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This is a shocking, almost incredible story. A government calling itself civilized tricked and expelled its most vulnerable citizens so...
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Dec 30, 2008 from tbagginzz(Zach Miller)
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(176 diggs) Man Runs Fake Power Company, Sells Power to 1,500 Homes
Oct 14, 2010 from wjappe in Business
An electrical engineer in London who worked for the power company until resigning in 2002 is now accused of stealing and reselling power to 1,500 homes.
(156 diggs) The Two Faces of Hacking (CHART)
Jul 05, 2011 from NickCobb(Nick Cobb) in Technology
Some hackers use software and hardware to express themselves creatively—either solving entirely novel technical challenges or finding new ways to skin the same old cats. Others are motivated by money, power, politics, or pure mischief. They steal identities, deface Web sites, and break into supposedly secure and certainly sensitive databases.