The electric shock that caught the man on fire also cut off power to 7,300 homes. Most people wanted to see what caused the noise, but nobody expected to see a man on fire. “It was scary because like we heard those two big breakers pop and we went outside and we just saw him back there running like crazy. His whole clothes were on fire. You could see the flames on him. After all we just seen back there and his clothes, I mean his skin was just coming off,”
Remember the last thread we were on & this happened?
The recycling price for copper is pretty high. South of the border, internet providers have a major problem with theives digging up the copper lines to sell.
D*mn. He must have bone from ear to ear.
Is the copper thief cooperating with the coppers? Has he copped a plea?
Prayer for the man, he surely needs them.
Darwin Award for this guy.
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I had a few properties in neighborhoods where the A/C compressors were getting stolen. I went to having them installed without a disconnect switch on the outside of the house. Then when the property sold, I would install the disconnect the day before closing.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
***The man was engulfed in flames, 100% of his body was burned.***
Think of a welding electrode. Now think of the man as the electrode.
Claude Cooper and the Copper Clapper Caper.
Somehow I didn't feel overly sorry for them. [Especially as a couple of months ago copper tubing was swiped from a freezer for a food bank causing a loss of [I think] $2 million in frozen food for the needy.
“Warning signs are posted”
Gee, maybe if the signs weren’t in Mexican he can sue?
(assuming illegal status. good chance IMHO)
I had electrical wires ripped out of a house that we were building. Quite a few houses around town got hit last year.
“You’ll never take me alive, copper!”
When I was a kid theives would give nothing less then %110!
Last year Hawaii was plagued by copper thieves, as soon as a new home was built the thieves went in and ripped out all the plumbing and wiring, also street lights are losing their wiring.
Copper is the poor mans gold right now, per pound even the older real copper pennies are worth more per pound by scrap metal prices.
I am about to put up a sign on my business entrance stating no scrap metal collectors allowed as they continuously try to talk themselves into our back lot where I have acres of aluminum frames and motors.
***I mean his skin was just coming off,”***
Third degree burns. If he survives, which sounds unlikely, his friends may start calling him “Sparky”!
I'd imagine there would be two kinds of ground connections. One kind is the "ground", which might be relatively safe to cut, as it normally does not carry current. The other would be the "neutral", which carries running current to ground. Sounds like he misjudged a bit... ouch!