I honestly can’t see how breaking into a place like that could happen so easily....just leave a “hot” attached to certain things a perpe would grasp and ground ...no problemo after the first word WILL get around!!
How shocking!
He’s lucky he lived.
We had a meth-head last year who tried stealing the copper wire from a live substation. The Fire Department had to wait 45 minutes for the power to be turned off before they could put him out and recover what was left. I can only imagine the joy one might feel at the decision to become a Civl Servant when faced with something like that to clean up on behalf of the public...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Scrap metal thieves stole the downspouts off of our store building, we replaced them with vinyl ones. It’s getting ridiculous, we have to lock everything up. I keep hearing that it’s because of all of the dam building & stuff in China that is causing the price of scrap metal to go up. Is this true?
Quoting another FReeper from the other day: I’ll find that thread in a few minutes.
He earned the Bad Conduct Metal.”
We’ve been seeing copper thefts left and right in my area. Has the price gone up that much?
As we would say, he got Zotted!
Thieves are such charming, intelligent people.
the company from which I retired once built an industrial plant out in the boondocks - fenced the property and added another fenced storage area for electrical wire reels on the perimeter. The thieves made a dirt road thru the woods, cut the clips holding fence wires so the fabric would push up (or down), cut the cable in 8’ lengths, hauled to the waiting pickup - took them to another area to burn off the insulation - hauled across state lines to sell. This must have gone on for a month before anyone noticed. Luckily lot numbers are inscribed on the metal. Thieves are good at what they do, but not good enough!
"When they cut that wire," said IREA Line Superintendent Les Turner, "they had a flash of about 7,000 volts." Turner said that flash had to cause injury. "It could be anywhere from a severe sunburn appearance to second or third degree burns on his hand."
yep, 7,000 Volts is definitely gonna leave a mark.
I’m guessing the proceeds aren’t going to his MIT tuition??
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It’s not the volts that count... it’s the amps.
I was shocked as a teen with 75,000 volts (very briefly) when I was tired of being forced to mowing the lawn... and peed on the mower engine (read, spark plug) (while it was still running)! <- duh!! It was a stupid mistake (which I learned much from >.< ).. but it did teach me something! (still haven’t figured out what yet, besides don’t pee on a spark plug!), but, it did hurt, and I was still able to produce babies ;)
Also, tasers are 50,000 volts! It’s the amps I tell ya!
MJ
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.
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 ?
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.
