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copper theft causes tv fires

#193979 05/03/10 02:35 PM

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...e-after-power-surge-caused-by-theft.html

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Re: copper theft causes tv fires

Alan Belson #193980 05/03/10 04:41 PM

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You'd have to be really stupid to try this sort of thing.
Cutting a sub-station neutral is probably one of the most dangerous things one can do.

All this for just 20 pound worth of copper, that is the really sad part.
What an idiot.

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