"High Voltage" Theft Deterent?
#31
07-29-2014, 06:13 PM
a few years ago we had a 4 some steeling copper out of an older Budweiser yeast factors that was closed down.
they got the bright idea to take the large copper buss bars off the transformer.
the local cops went investigating a report of an explosion at the plant and found what was left of the 4 guys.
seems they climbed up on top of the 36KV transformer and grabbed the buss bars not knowing the transformer was still live.
i guess they figured since the wires were not connect between the building and the buss bars the underground wires from the high tension tower to the transformer were not connected either.
they got the bright idea to take the large copper buss bars off the transformer.
the local cops went investigating a report of an explosion at the plant and found what was left of the 4 guys.
seems they climbed up on top of the 36KV transformer and grabbed the buss bars not knowing the transformer was still live.
i guess they figured since the wires were not connect between the building and the buss bars the underground wires from the high tension tower to the transformer were not connected either.
#32
07-29-2014, 09:03 PM
If you install such a device and the person dies, you are looking at at least a manslaughter charge with *no* defense - especially since you have posted the above here, which in this tech enlightened time would be used against you at your trial as evidence of premeditation.
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07-30-2014, 08:09 AM
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Yep, gotta be careful what you put on the internetssss.
Its a good thing I'm broke, have nothing worth stealing, and don't plan on hurting anyone or else I bet the lawyer would just show up with an FTE file in hand. LOL
Funny story tho Tom. The first one.
The second one is scary, but I've seen it happen. We had some people die while trying to steal copper wires from a burnt down barn.
Scrap yards around here require paperwork of where you got some of the more precious metals.
Its a good thing I'm broke, have nothing worth stealing, and don't plan on hurting anyone or else I bet the lawyer would just show up with an FTE file in hand. LOL
Funny story tho Tom. The first one.
The second one is scary, but I've seen it happen. We had some people die while trying to steal copper wires from a burnt down barn.
Scrap yards around here require paperwork of where you got some of the more precious metals.
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#35
07-30-2014, 05:23 PM
All I have to do. To sell my scrap copper is show my electrical licenses . But any body that wants to sell copper, all you got to do here is go to your local police station and feel out a form and you get a copper license. Good friend of mine runs a scrap yard and he tells me he makes copy's of the copper card and I'd and calls the law when he thinks they steeling and the law said if they got a copper card they ok. .
He calls me up often and sells me full rolls of wire for half the cost and he is still making money.
Like he said, if he don't buy it they just go somewhere else.
He calls me up often and sells me full rolls of wire for half the cost and he is still making money.
Like he said, if he don't buy it they just go somewhere else.
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#37
08-01-2014, 06:22 AM
I'd suggest a locking bed cap with solid panels instead of glass, plus deeply tinted windows so people can't see inside.
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08-01-2014, 06:49 AM
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Funny thing is that you can do far worse things to them if you are there in person than you can with a device or trap left unattended. Either way, you don't even have to intend to kill - just the intent to do something that a reasonable person would know could cause significant injury (not just death, but injury!) means your device would be illegal.
I'd suggest a locking bed cap with solid panels instead of glass, plus deeply tinted windows so people can't see inside.
I'd suggest a locking bed cap with solid panels instead of glass, plus deeply tinted windows so people can't see inside.
#39
08-01-2014, 08:04 AM
By the next morning my truck had been stripped of everything in it. I couldn't prove it and the cop's did nothing.
I had to replace my entire lively hood of tools.
That stings.
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