Posted on 08/11/2024 5:59:26 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Being “first” isn’t always the flex that you think it is. A Tesla Model S owner in Mexico recently earned the distinction of being the first reported Tesla EV fire in Tijuana. But they also burned down a neighbor’s house in the process. Oops, my bad.
According to Carscoops, the Model S was plugged directly into a utility pole via an illegal hookup. Referred to as diablito, or “little devil,” these unauthorized connections and other avenues of electricity theft cost Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission about $2.5 billion annually.
Sometimes it works, and sometimes, well, one’s potential savings go up in flames.
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"South of the Border Down Mexico Way"
The mission bells told me (Ding-dong) that I must not stay
Stay south of the border, down Mexico way
Ay, ay, ay, ay (Ay, ay, ay, ay) Ay, ay, ay, ay (Ay, ay, ay, ay) Ay, ay, ay, ay (Ay, ay, ay, ay) Ay, ay, ay, ay (Ay, ay, ay, ay)
I’ve seen this first hand. They toss a wire up to a utility line, snag it with some type of claw, and run power to their makeshift house.
—”They toss a wire up to a utility line, snag it with some type of claw, and run power to their makeshift house.”
A friend had a milling machine in his garage but did not have the necessary power supply.
He made some hooks on poles to do the job.
Until one day he noticed some Edison employees walking the power lines.
They told him the newer equipment could quickly detect it to the nearest block and they were looking for illeagle taps.
Photo of conflagration…
In California, they’d probably make his insurance company pay for a new Tesla and the neighbor’s new home.
Do you lose virtue points if you send out massive amounts of CO2 and lithium into mother eart?
TRUE!
And for some reason, the insurance companies are moving out od California.
—”Do you lose virtue points if you send out massive amounts of CO2 and lithium into mother heart?”
Not in this case.
This was not a battery fire.
This was the onboard battery charger burning.
Next time he will bring a volt meter, no problemo.
You mean, next house.
Where do they get the step down transformers? Tapping a powerline directly is 3000 to 12000 volts AC mess that step down up and any electric device is going up in flame.
You mean if a little volts is good, more volts ain’t better?
08/06/2024 ABC News ^ | Aug 6, 2024 | KAREN CASTAÑEDA
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They DID buy an EV, so what else was expected?
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