martin 332 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2000705/Dont-steal-electric-cables-Thiefs-advice-suffering-horrific-burns-22-000-volt-shock.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarraghsGem 92 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 bet that came as a shock to him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Attack Fell Terrier 864 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 bet that came as a shock to him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyfr1968 772 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I remember that, it happened quite close to where I live. Muppet :crazy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,511 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 He doesn't seem to bright Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnieboy 93 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 bet he was very bright when the leccy jumped Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martnmagik 68 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 WHAT AN ARSE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 587 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Shocking!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rob190364 2,594 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 this has made my day, little shite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ideation 8,216 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 I love the way they suggest that the mistake he made was robbing copper cable as it's 'so dangerous'. Well yes, if you do it from an electricity sub station i suppose it is. . . . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vosey 24 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I worked in substations for a while, on the induction they show you people that have been burnt like this, but most die. They recommended safe distance from the overhead cables is around 3.5 m dependant on the voltage and they insist that you dont carry anything even wood above waste height. what surprised me is that electricity runs on the outside of the cables/rails like a force field. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patterdale666 1,620 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hes a live wire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ossie n Arch 1,682 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 That'll teach the fu*ker. We get this quite often what with the price of Copper and that. We've had poles cut down and Transformers knocked off them, drained of the oil and the copper inside nicked. New jobs that have had the cable pinched before it's even made live. When the old sub station was knocked down where the Walkers stadium is now, there were some cables still alive running under a bridge. Two "people" decided to help themselves to it. The one doing the cutting was still stuck to the bridge ceiling when the Jointers went to fix the damage, well what was left of him was. The other, they found him a couple of days later wandering around Leicester very near deaths door. It makes me smile when people are told to be this/that far from Electric, some of the LV wires are only 6" apart themselves and the Electricity doesn't jump between them. If we are working past the "Dead" side of a switch the gap at the switch is 9". The "Live" side is 11,000v. Our safe working distance to live 11,000v is 1.1m. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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