A man steals elctricity with meat hook! Dumb or smart?

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   I just had to share this one. This guy is either really smart or really dumb. But he got caught anyway. LOL
   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100427/od_ … athook_odd

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      Originposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      If the man made one wrong mistake he could potentially burst into flames from the electrical current. It's creative I'll give him that, but extremely reckless.

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   Incredible ain't it?

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      Originposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Ya, the first thing that popped into my mind was that one video I saw, I believe it was somewhere in India or something where this guy was on top of a train with electrical lines going by him. He looked like he was just going to lean on them.. then *POOF*.. shows you not to play with electricity, especially that amount.

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         ngurecoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Well, this world is full of wonders and amusements. Another man here, in need of a few pints of milk, tried to milk a wild elephant before being crushed to death.

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            ralwusposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            Now that is wild. Elephant milk, why not? sad really

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               Greek Oneposted 15 years agoin reply to this

               

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                  ralwusposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                  

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                     ngurecoposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                     The female elephant, is like a woman, it possess pectoral mammary glands. May be an elephant’s milk might be good for young men.

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   ngurecoposted 15 years ago

   life is very hard these days. How much was the bill?

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   It didn't say how much he owed. A lot more now probably. LOL

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   Greek Oneposted 15 years ago

   Any time the words "electricity" and "meat hook" are used in the same sentence to describe a given action, you can bet said action was dumb

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   LOL well he proved that one for sure.

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   earnestshubposted 15 years ago

   Definitely dumb and I think a dumb story as well. The only electricity he would receive is high voltage induction.
   It wouldn't even run one light bulb!

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   ralwusposted 15 years ago

   Well you can imagine why they never elaborated on the finer points of this scheme. He had to have some knowledge of what he was doing to have survived.

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      Originposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Well, I'm guessing he hooked it up to his home first, then ran the wire there with the fish hook, then tossed it up that way, so that way he's not carrying it all the way home.. live.

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   earnestshubposted 15 years ago

   I say the story is crap. Anyone here know much about electricity?
   I believe the electricity he would receive is high voltage induction only. No amps, thus it wouldn't even run one light bulb!

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      ralwusposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      I worked for a power company many years ago until I witnessed an old man get fried. This could be done, but not on the real high ones on towers.

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    ralwusposted 15 years ago

    I don't know much about European Voltages, other than they are much different than here in the states, but I would imagine he had to have run it through  a transformer before connecting to his house.

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       earnestshubposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       It is a fun story ralwus and I enjoy seeing this sort of thing.
       Electricity requires at least two poles to complete a circuit. A household appliance can draw quite a few and various amps that require pressure. Volts do nothing without amps other than look good in science experiments. I cannot see how he would acquire either the set voltage (usually 110 to 260 volts for single phase, 400 hundred volts if carried in 3 phase, and the 400 would have to pass through a transformer as our host ralwus has indicated. 2 wires would need to be connected directly to two high AMPERAGE wires on the pole to complete a circuit.
       OK that's why I belief the story is tripe. Entertaining, but bulldust.

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          ralwusposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I am not so sure earnest, would Reuters write something that was not ligit? From Berlin? They are not going to tell everything he did, or how he did it, just the fun bit. No copycats, someone may die.

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             earnestshubposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Reuters is usually a reliable source I agree ralwus, and the warning given if correct, doing such a thing as making contact with that much voltage could be fatal.
             But someone forgot to check with their electrician this time!

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                wildernessposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                While I am not very familiar with electrical distribution systems in Europe, in the US a residence has 3 wires coming in to it.  One of the 3 is the "neutral", or grounded wire, and is still connected even in the power company turns off the power.  The other two provide the 120/240 volts necessary for the home and are what would be turned off.
                
                A meat hook thrown over one hot wire and run the the house would provide 120 volts to that house.  Quite dangerous - while 120 volts will probably not kill, the flash from a grounded wire with only the power companies fuse will be severe, with most of the wire at the point of contact being melted and/or vaporized.  Liquid and/or gaseous copper is not compatible with good health.  It also causes fires.

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                   earnestshubposted 15 years agoin reply to this

                   You are correct. In Australia we have 3 phase distribution and step down transformers to single phase 3 wire active earth and neutral at 240/250 volts as opposed to Europe's 220volt delivery.
                   The pole fuse is 25 amps for domestic homes.
                   He could only connect the neat hook to one part of the circuit unearthed to the power supply. No circuit. If on the other hand the wire or hook were insulated, that would cause induction in certain weather conditions without any amperage at all.

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    ralwusposted 15 years ago

    Yes, I knew that, and the milk is probably good for anyone. I would not know that of course.

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