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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 284141, member: 4552"]Probably holding hands. </p><p>Not always good results. At many power station sites around here, Copper ground cables have vanished from power station sub stations. Locked and chained but the fences are grounded. They dig it up by the fences and just cut off whatever they can. Now the fences are not grounded so anyone could get electrocuted if a fault happens. At a proposed Nuclear Site some years back a coil of 17,000 feet of 4/0 AWG, Copper Ground wire vanished. Great security. Most power stations in my area use Lead Covered Copper Ground wires even for indoor usage due to theft. Looks like Aluminum. </p><p>In my area all you have to do is put a stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer in the alley and Presto, like magic, it vanishes. Any metal item vanishes as fast as you can put it out there. One neighbor was working on his garage with a ladder. He went in to get a beer and when he came out, POOF, the ladder was gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 284141, member: 4552"]Probably holding hands. Not always good results. At many power station sites around here, Copper ground cables have vanished from power station sub stations. Locked and chained but the fences are grounded. They dig it up by the fences and just cut off whatever they can. Now the fences are not grounded so anyone could get electrocuted if a fault happens. At a proposed Nuclear Site some years back a coil of 17,000 feet of 4/0 AWG, Copper Ground wire vanished. Great security. Most power stations in my area use Lead Covered Copper Ground wires even for indoor usage due to theft. Looks like Aluminum. In my area all you have to do is put a stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer in the alley and Presto, like magic, it vanishes. Any metal item vanishes as fast as you can put it out there. One neighbor was working on his garage with a ladder. He went in to get a beer and when he came out, POOF, the ladder was gone.[/QUOTE]
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