They Just Don't Build Appliances Like They Used To Anymore

[DADoES]

The local electric coop had a roll of wire stolen from their warehouse, value to the tune of $15K

Acquaintance of mine had wiring stolen from THEIR HOUSE, NOT under construction. Well, was a 2nd house they had bought near Austin (the city, not the Westytoploader), and they weren't there at the time.

 

[tolivac]

Many years ago I was called to check out an AM station in Baltimore-The jock was saying the "remote patterns were way out"!Went to the transmitter site and found the copper feedlines to the tower bases were taken-3 of the four towers-at that point all of 5Kw was going to the last tower-the theif must have suffred REALLY bad RF burns at that point-peices of seared skin were haingin off the last line-A freind and I took the call-We had to go to the nearest Hechingers and get some 3/8" copper plumbing tubing and make new feedlines.Replaced the missing ones and all was fine-These copper snachers will even try to take copper from live circuits-Another REALLY DUMB one tried to take copper busbars from and Amtrac electric railway overhead feeder near the New Carrolton Md Amtrac station.that fellow suffred really bad electrical burns and was lucky he wasn't killed.