true, but there were RATS even back then... as far as i can see it's merely a law to protect criminals and prosecute the victim.
Posted on 10/13/2007 6:46:14 AM PDT by george76
MOVE ‘ZOT’. FOR GREAT JUSTICE.
If they want that to work they need to be running stings regularly.
Was it a 7000 volt line or a 7000 VA (Volts x Amps) line line. There is a difference and that difference will fry you.
true, but there were RATS even back then... as far as i can see it's merely a law to protect criminals and prosecute the victim.
Activist judges don't care about the law, common or otherwise. They are more inclined to base their rulings on what feels good to them at the time.
Perhaps you do not understand. A conservative judge would discourage you from booby-trapping your own home, based on years and years of precedent. An activist judge would disregard the same and allow you.
Why do you think they call it “DOPE”
Heard this thief was a real livewire
I bet he has a sparkling personality!
“...the Bad Conduct Metal.”
8-)
A copper thief in Fife, Washington was found with a rope over the high voltage power line tied to his bumper. He got the proverbial Darwin Award.
needed a Fluke ?
And I thought I got a bad shock when I tried to turn off the lawn mower by removing the wire from the spark plug with my hand. Now I see it could have been worse!
Electrical substations can be deadly places if you are not careful. I know, I worked in them for more than 5 years on a daily basis. One wrong move and you are toast, literally.
I was always amazed at the number of idiots who break into substations to steal or look around and wind up crispy critters. Darwin Award contenders for sure.
Yup, it’s the Amps. My high school electronics teacher was fond of saying half an Amp will kill you. At high enough voltage one can dissipate a lot of energy without reaching that lethal current level (but it can still do serious damage).
And he had some experience years ago while tending the baloney at a high school football game. During the game the field lighting started malfunctioning, lamps going bright and exploding. This was early 1970s tech, just great big tungsten lights if I remember right.
He went to the switch panel to cut off the power and it was hot. He couldn’t let go and the current was going through his whole body to the ground for some time. Eventually others on the site were able to beat him away from the panel with a piece of dry lumber after trying a lot of different things. Some of the other guys had shocks and burns from trying to rescue him, but Joe Simon got the worst of it.
First thought to be dead, he was resuscitated with CPR, and was hospitalized for months with broken bones, internal and external burns, and very badly burned feet, but he recovered with everything except part of one foot, and he had a slight tremor that never seemed to quit. He kept the shoes he wore that night on display at class, the soles and the toe area of the uppers were completely gone.
Apparently, the neutral conductor in the main power line opened, allowing the full power line voltage (he said the full 10KV, IIRC) to reach the panel, which did not have a good enough ground to sink the current and blow a line fuse.
So remember, if you do it yourself at home like I do, the most important connections are ground and neutral. And if you want to bust into somebody's shop to steal copper so you can buy some crank, there really isn't a safe wire to cut first.
They should have just left him there as warning to the next one.
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