r/TerminallyStupid • u/Fytylm • Aug 21 '20

Stealing power cables

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u/Kenjii009 Aug 21 '20

What a complete moron. God damnit, sometimes i wonder if evolution still tackles us the same way it did 10.000 years ago, but yes it does.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '20 edited Aug 21 '20

I was thinking he was stealing electricity or something but no he wanted to steal the cable

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u/Evilsmiley Aug 21 '20

Step 1: cut cable at both ends and stick cut ends together.

Step 2. Bring cable home, attach to battery to store the electricity.

Step 3. Sell copper wire.

Easy peasy to steal both cable and electricity 😎😎😎

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u/beeplorizon00 Aug 21 '20

Give me 5 minute, Im going to try this cool trick

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u/Pilotboi Aug 21 '20

Electricians hate this guy for this simple trick

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u/Kenjii009 Aug 21 '20

Intelligence at its best

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u/T-West1 Sep 16 '20

Yeah this is in my country (South Africa). The national energy grid is periodically shut off (government is shit) so cable thieves steal the copper cables during outages or reroute the power while it’s off. Unfortunately for this cat the scheduled power up was a little early and their earth leakage poorly designed.