Vandalised chargers

[GaryMG4]

Had my first time of seeing chargers with the cables cut off yesterday. I decided to go skiing in Milton Keynes yesterday, despite setting off with 80% charge and GOM of 200 miles for a round trip of 170 miles the combination of cold temperatures and 70 mph roads meant as I headed home the GOM and sat nav had the same number of miles. So I decided to grab a quick charge for the 3rd time this year, My first stop 4 of 5 were in use , the 5th out of order, so I decided to stop half way home but the nav showed another charger nearby this turned out to be a pair of BP Pulse chargers with all their cables cut off! I ended up using an MFG near Huntingdon which had 7 of 8 free and gave 120+ kW @79p although they took £45. I think I would have been around 5 miles short of getting home without the charge.

 

[salty]

What a shame, they don't get fried to a crisp! Certainly wouldn't do it again!

 

[Everest]

Who would do that then? The "Just-stop-electricity" mob?

 

[Alb]

Stealing electrical cable when you don't know whether it's live is not the brightest of ideas. It's certainly not unknown for thieves to lose their lives as a result.

 

[salty]

Who would do that then? The "Just-stop-electricity" mob?

I'm presuming the copper wire thieving, scumbags.

Stealing electrical cable when you don't know whether it's live is not the brightest of ideas. It's certainly not unknown for thieves to lose their lives as a result.

Any pity for them.

 

[GaryMG4]

Stealing electrical cable when you don't know whether it's live is not the brightest of ideas. It's certainly not unknown for thieves to lose their lives as a result.

I guess they soon realised that EV cables have so many safety systems in they are pretty safe cutting them when they are not connected.

 

[Coulomb]

I've seen a video of someone cutting the cable to a Tesla while it was charging! The resulting arc was impressive. The thief would no doubt need a new cable cutter and set of underwear.

This sort of thing seems to be rife in the USA with so many poor people; it's sad to see it spreading to what I presume are more affluent countries like the UK.

 

[Everest]

it's sad to see it spreading to what I presume are more affluent countries like the UK

LOL... if only! Maybe 20 years ago.

We've had our fair share of copper thefts from telephone wires being pulled out from underground ducts. I just would have thought that there wasn't enough copper in the short length of charging cable to make it work it. Obviously wrong there

 

[GaryMG4]

LOL... if only! Maybe 20 years ago.

We've had our fair share of copper thefts from telephone wires being pulled out from underground ducts. I just would have thought that there wasn't enough copper in the short length of charging cable to make it work it. Obviously wrong there

IIRC a report from the US said there was a couple of $s worth of copper in a cable.

 

[5teep]

Cable theft is getting so bad in some areas they are putting alarms on the chargers that go off when the cable is cut. I'd have thought with Britain being what it is they would have done that years ago.

Again, with the uptake of fibre optics you would think the price of copper would be falling.

 

[Ian Key]

A good few years British Celanese in Spondon had an overnight power cut. Which was odd as they had their own power station. On investigation they found an axe welded to one of the main supply cables. They never did find out who did it.

 

[salty]

A good few years British Celanese in Spondon had an overnight power cut. Which was odd as they had their own power station. On investigation they found an axe welded to one of the main supply cables. They never did find out who did it.

Pity the thief wasn't welded to the Axe.