copper theft?

[hillbillywillie]

When the price of copper was through the roof earlier last year, we had people stealing the copper out of condensing units for house a/c units.
There were hundreds of condensing units cut up with a sawzall for the copper-thousand dollars damage for fifty dollars scrap!
They even started cutting copper lines off cooler rooftop units!
Did you get much stealing back home?

[beagle]

There was loads of theft for scrap and not just copper, even went as far as railway power cables, gas pipes, manhole covers and even road signs.

[billv]

Some of our copper thieves think they are smart, because they go for live power cables.
One of these days we will see them fried :D

[marc5180]

Yeah we had a spate of theives nicking the copper from condensing units running on r410a, only hope they were running at the time:D

[The MG Pony]

I still want to paint a section of steel pipe copper colored then give it a healthy charge of amonia, love to see the bloody wortheles sods face when he cuts though on it!

[cmac]

They're at in South Africa as well,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7839931.stm

[multisync]

They're at in South Africa as well,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7839931.stm


They lack skill to work with electric equipment
Percy Morokane
Johannesburg emergency services


No s**t Sherlock...