jraef
Electrical
- May 29, 2002
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As many of you in the electrical industry know, theft of copper wire (and even bus bar) has become a big problem all over as the value of scrap copper has gone up. There are increasing reports of wire theft from equipment in some remote areas, even people stripping wire out of street light circuits in cities and suburbs. The most disturbing outgrowth of this however has been the recent trend of people attempting to steal cable from substations thinking that insulated tools will protect them. We just had that happen at our local substation last week. If this is something that has happened in your area, consider sharing this presentation with local authorities and community awareness programs. This person apparently assumed that cutting the ground cable on a transformer would be "safe".
WARNING! THIS IS VERY GRAPHIC!
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