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Anonymous at Thu, 7 Nov 2024 23:28:49 UTC No. 16466576
Wouldn't they get electrocuted if they did that?
Anonymous at Thu, 7 Nov 2024 23:47:58 UTC No. 16466590
>>16466576
there's no current unless your credit card is approved.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 01:04:47 UTC No. 16466644
>>16466590
Even then, it's only very low current while the charger and vehicle talk to each other to negotiate the power parameters.
>>16466576
For the high capacity chargers, the copper core is surrounded by supercooling liquid. The thieves will hit that before they get to the copper. The liquid cooling system will detect the pressure drop and shutdown the charger.
It would be funny if they went the RoboCop/South African route and instead amped up the power to fry whoever was trying to steal in copper but society is too pussy to do anything like that.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 03:22:43 UTC No. 16466734
>>16466576
Electric cars are probably the most retarded invention many of us wilm ever see in our lifetimes.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 03:47:36 UTC No. 16466759
>infinite copper
until you get caught
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 03:51:32 UTC No. 16466764
>>16466734
Maybe not pure retardedness, but in terms of retardedness-cost-adoption product, you're completely right and it's not even close.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 03:55:27 UTC No. 16466766
couldnt they just axe the cable, or just make sure its disconnected from mains? would a fuse not blow? if the cables were disconnected, or cutting it open blew a fuse right at the start, then wouldnt there still be capacitors in there that are full?
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 04:25:50 UTC No. 16466793
>>16466766
Only the lowest of low end chargers are connected directly to mains power. Any decent charging station, especially the kind that do high power transfers, is going to have a large bank of batteries and capacitors to buffer the flow.
If you're going to get goofy with an axe, you're be better off with a remote controlled device that works like a bolt cutter. Clamp it on one end of the cable, walk a safe distance, and then start it. Once it cuts through the cable, the whole thing will be dead. You can then clamp it to the other end of the cable, freeing it for you to haul away.
But all of this is stupid. Only the lowest of the low end chargers aren't under constant video surveillance. And those low end chargers aren't worth bothering with.
The whole enterprise is pretty stupid. Just go down to some gentrifying neighborhood off of MLK Jr. Blvd and rip the fresh copper out of the walls.
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 04:27:28 UTC No. 16466795
>>16466793
or just make a YT series about how youre fixing up Detroit homes and steal your own copper piping. thats unlimited copper more than this
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 04:28:30 UTC No. 16466796
more than stealing copper out of car charging stations
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 18:06:33 UTC No. 16467376
>>16466576
If you are willing to steal automotive related stuff, catalytic converters will get you a better payday than some copper wiring. Especially since most charging stations have good surveillance cameras set up, making the theft more risky.
bodhi at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 22:01:20 UTC No. 16467621
>>16466576
wear rubber gloves
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 23:00:03 UTC No. 16467670
>>16467621
Thats a good idea, how thick does the rubber have to be for it to be safe
Anonymous at Fri, 8 Nov 2024 23:55:03 UTC No. 16467755
>>16466734
Justify this statement. I got a second hand EV (Nissan LEAF) two years ago and the fuel and servicing savings have already covered the little bit extra it cost compared to the second hand ICEs I was looking at.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 01:39:49 UTC No. 16467841
>>16467376
Nope. It takes about 5 seconds to cut a cable muskrat.
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 01:55:21 UTC No. 16467860
I never understood this. Where would you sell the copper? Where do jewelry store thieves sell their goods?
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 02:54:18 UTC No. 16467901
>>16467860
you strip the insulation off it and take it to any scrap dealer
copper is like
4 bucks a pound
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 03:13:38 UTC No. 16467915
>>16467901
In some states you need to melt down the copper first so it can't be associated with its prior use.
bodhi at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 07:47:57 UTC No. 16468076
>>16467670
https://www.google.com/search?q=rub
Anonymous at Sat, 9 Nov 2024 08:06:36 UTC No. 16468080
In semi permanent oil fields (there for months or years, until the easily accessible oil dries up) they set up these big, haphazard power lines that are almost entirely copper, and people die trying to steal them all the time. I heard a story from a guy working in the field, the power went out and they followed the line looking for a problem, and they found a truck with 4 guys in it. They had tied a chain to the power pole and their truck to pull it down and steal the lines. It worked, except they pulled the pole down right on top of the truck (the chain wasn't long enough) and they all got electrocuted.
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:27:06 UTC No. 16468982
>>16468080
>I heard a story from a guy
good source, very believable
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:36:47 UTC No. 16469086
>>16466576
I got just the solution for this type of "urban malarkey"...these automatically deploy from a nearby lamppost when the AI detects shenanigans...
https://defensereview.com/defendtex
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:19:14 UTC No. 16469166
>>16469086
more free copper
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:13:25 UTC No. 16469258
>>16466734
a ford shareholder made this post
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:18:41 UTC No. 16469564
>>16469086
sweet, manhacks
Anonymous at Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:39:20 UTC No. 16469718
>>16469564
THE HAAAAACKS!
Anonymous at Tue, 12 Nov 2024 03:26:20 UTC No. 16471591
how much is the copper in one of those cables worth?
🗑️ Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 01:13:19 UTC No. 16472646
>>16471591
almost all of the them are between 5 & 50 dollars worth
look for the fast chargers, they have more copper
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:53:15 UTC No. 16472804
>>16472646
So if you could steal 4 an hour (2 at each station with a short drive between stations), then you'd be making about $100/hr just for clipping wires.
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:08:18 UTC No. 16473158
>>16472804
Over the very short term, sure, but there aren't enough stations for you to make a living off of it and considering the monetary amount of the damage you would cause, this would be a felony even in California. You'd be caught pretty quickly. The risk/reward ratio is really bad for this particular metal theft scheme. It sounds like something thought up by the type of person who wrote the "Anarchist's Cookbook".
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:16:05 UTC No. 16473927
>>16472804
You'd actually be making more like the equivalent of $200/hr because people who work illegal jobs don't have to pay taxes on their wages
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:45:01 UTC No. 16473967
>>16466734
cry more ivan
Anonymous at Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:48:03 UTC No. 16473973
>>16466759
>if
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:10:51 UTC No. 16474069
>>16473158
But there are certainly thousands across the US. Some might be in a remote location and not worth the drive to get there, but certainly urban/refugee zones are certainly not sparse and they are the most likely to have them. In addition to that, they would be refurnished over some time frame.
It is is matter of crop rotation at that point. You don't want to over forage where it is advantageous for them to camp a spot to catch you, nor do you want to run out of work.
4 / hour for 250 hours + drive time at $100/hour is $25k. A seasonal rotation makes a lot of sense in this case. Besides that, you are actually helping the economy because the EV cable makers have more business. Net service+.
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:19:27 UTC No. 16474086
>>16466734
that's by design
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:27:02 UTC No. 16474100
>>16466734
in like 100 years once oil, petrol, coal, an natural gas are mostly replaced by other forms of 'cleaner' and more effective power, that is when electric vehicles will be the default.
Anonymous at Thu, 14 Nov 2024 01:08:23 UTC No. 16474144
>>16474100
>in like 100 years once oil, petrol, coal, an natural gas are mostly replaced by other forms of 'cleaner' and more effective power,
thats never going to happen
other forms of power do not enhance the atmosphere by adding additional co2 to it.
co2 is plant food, adding more co2 to the atmosphere is like putting fertilizer on every plant on the planet, it only makes nature healthier and has no downside.
Anonymous at Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:49:58 UTC No. 16475705
>>16469166
he's becoming too powerful
Anonymous at Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:59:36 UTC No. 16477449
>>16475344
>oil wells are the evil!!!!11
>btw lets destroy the planet mining lithium and copper