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On 2015-12-10, Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I boggle at the amount of metal in your distribution network.
>> 63 amps takes 16mm2, 12 in air spans. That is for copper cable, 
>> al is 1.3 times more. Easily half a kg per meter for the cable.
>> 
>> 200A is three times that, and then the pure raw material price
>> of the copper or aluminium will start to matter, going into 
>> double digit dollars per meter.
>
> It matters now.  During the foreclosure crisis thieves were breaking into
> vacant houses and stripping out the  copper wire.  Most plumbing now is
> PVC, but where it was copper they were taking that too.

We had a local vacant house flooded this way; the thieves didn't even
bother shutting the water off before taking the pipes.

I heard of a bit of poetic justice when a copper thief tried to make
off with what turned out to be a ground wire at a local substation.
He earned a Darwin Award.

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off topic:  old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 11:01 -0800
  Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-09 14:17 -0600
    Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-12-09 16:18 -0500
      Re: off topic:  old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 13:38 -0800
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2015-12-09 17:38 -0600
        Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-10 13:54 -0600
  Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-09 21:43 +0100
    Re: off topic:  old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 13:19 -0800
      Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-12 10:38 -0600
        Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-12 16:53 +0000
        Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-12 18:06 +0100
          Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-12 11:31 -0600
          Re: off topic:  old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-12 11:25 -0800
        Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-12 18:41 +0000
          Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-12 17:14 -0600
            Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-12-12 23:31 +0000
            Re: off topic:  old house wiring? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-12 21:42 -0500
    Re: off topic: old house wiring? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-09 16:22 -0500
      Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-09 13:42 -0800
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-09 17:11 -0500
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? cmadams@cmadams.net (Chris Adams) - 2015-12-09 19:41 -0600
      Re: off topic: old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-10 01:54 +0100
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2015-12-09 22:42 -0600
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-14 17:28 -0600
            Re: off topic: old house wiring? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-15 08:19 +0000
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-15 09:48 +0100
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-16 09:53 -0800
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? "Ranger" <r5432@gmail.com> - 2015-12-10 17:44 +1100
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-12-10 15:23 -0500
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-10 20:49 +0000
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-10 23:48 +0000
            Re: off topic: old house wiring? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-10 23:12 -0500
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-11 10:12 +0000
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-11 08:31 -0600
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-11 14:47 +0000
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-11 09:06 -0600
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? "gareth" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2015-12-11 15:49 +0000
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 09:37 -0800
            Re: off topic: old house wiring? mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-11 10:08 +0000
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? cmadams@cmadams.net (Chris Adams) - 2015-12-11 08:38 -0600
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? mausg@mail.com - 2015-12-11 16:24 +0000
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-11 15:17 +0100
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 09:30 -0800
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-12-11 12:43 -0600
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-11 11:09 -0800
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2015-12-11 22:56 +0000
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-12-11 14:47 -0500
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-11 15:13 -0600
      Re: off topic: old house wiring? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-12-09 22:39 -0600
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-09 23:12 -0600
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-12-10 00:59 -0600
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-10 09:48 +0100
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-12-10 12:40 +0000
          Re: off topic: old house wiring? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-12-10 11:02 -0600
            Re: off topic: old house wiring? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2015-12-11 22:01 -0600
              Re: off topic: old house wiring? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-12-12 00:48 -0600
                Re: off topic: old house wiring? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-12-12 11:16 +0100
      Re: off topic: old house wiring? Jon Elson <jmelson@wustl.edu> - 2015-12-14 17:25 -0600
        Re: off topic: old house wiring? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-16 09:45 -0800
    Re: off topic:  old house wiring? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-10 14:06 +0000
    Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "capek@ieee.org <Peter Capek>" <peter.capek@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 11:50 -0800
      Re: off topic:  old house wiring? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-12 16:56 -0600

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