I have also no sympathy for victim # 5. No loss there.
It costs all of us many extra dollars in our monthly powerbills for assets damaged by these copper thieves who stealing from the electricity networks.
They also put the general public at risk. When earthcables are removed from transformers or switchgear, exposed metal parts may become alive and could kill someone.
In certain cases with polemounted switchgear the protection could fail to detect an earth fault and keep live wires energised without tripping the feeder.
