We finally got around to installing our EV charger at work... last week.
I drew up a protective cover which is getting made up and due to arrive... next week.
Guess what happened in between those two points? 😬
Our new EV charger lasted a week before getting visited by the local copper enthusiast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taxew6o5gr4
7 Comments
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 143d
You guys send in his plate?
If we’re gonna have a surveillance state, we might as well track his plate to the scrapper who’s paying the thieves.
Curious to know if cops in your country (Aus, NZ?) give a shit or not.
trk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 143d
Lodged a police report and they were there within the hour! Was crazy the response for such a small dollar crime.
Not that they'll go after them real hard for this specifically, but it's a nice bit of ammunition for them if they pick him up for something else. A little 4K video of copper theft on top to make sure something sticks.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 143d
Oof
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 2 pts · 142d
Jesus what a cheapass criminal. How much was that? Couple of bucks of copper?
Fine should be 1000x what he would have made off of it.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 143d
Ugh, fair point.
I wonder if aluminium cables are available. Sure, they’re thicker, but cheaper.
Bazell@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 143d
They are cheaper for some reasons. And one of them is that they don't hold high current well. And burn better than copper ones. Also brittle and require higher diameter to carry the same load.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 143d
All that is overcome in transmission lines (which are aluminium); just design properly.