I recall seeing where a guy close to here also got killed stealing live wires.
Also the local sheriff solved the mysterious thefts of air conditioning units from a bunch of rural churches. It turned out that they were stealing them just for the copper inside.
I did not actually know there was copper inside an ac unit. It could not have been much. They were going to all that much work just to steal maybe a few dollars worth of copper.
It would be much less work to get a job.
I put 3 very large heavy duty locks on them.
I have seen one business that had their unit very high up on their building,on a platform of some sort.
The metal re-cycling places that buy this, should have stricter quidelines.
Just makes me sick, they steal what maybe no more than $50 worth, that costs over $4000 to replace.