How bad is your neighborhood that you have to label cable spools to prevent material theft???
this is exactly what copper would say
Submitted 2 weeks ago by SektorC@discuss.tchncs.de to [deleted]
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Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
bstix@feddit.dk 2 weeks ago
Thieves don’t care if it’s a nice neighborhood. It happens on building sites everywhere. They don’t mind driving a long way.
silasmariner@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
But how much copper they gotta steal to pay for driving out to it? I need to check the price of copper.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
meanwhile here they left a massive spool of obvious copper laying on the ground with nothing protecting it whatsoever, and it remained completely untouched for like a week
Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Even when it’s fully installed, people will try to steal the copper cables. In the power industry it’s a real problem with people removing the earthing, not always noticeable right away, but then it’s not safe to work on anymore.
gaiussabinus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
File this under frequently found dead. Substations get hit like this and then the guy dies walking away
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
It’s a really common thing in construction yards.
highlow@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
True. Construction sites helped me build lots of bike and skateboard ramps in the 80s.
Did you know they also used to leave keys in the heavy equipment?
gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Here in Germany, they’re literally stealing the overhead lines off of the train tracks.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
At one of my prior jobs (Chicos FAS,Ft Myers, FL) a maintenance guy got fired when they caught him stealing cables for copper about 10 years ago.
CtrlAltDyeet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The entire continent of africa
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
If it’s real copper, they have to tell you. It’s in the constitution.
4am@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Bull shit! They don’t lay fiber anywhere that rural and meth looking! It’s copper in disguise! Geet ‘um!
kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
They specifically lay fiber in rural areas, cuz it’s federally subsidized
syreus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
They lay it in rural areas because it’s cheaper to maintain and requires less permiting compared to city installation where there are more buried utilities.
fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Sure this will prevent the meth heads from stealing it, but it will attract a much larger and more dangerous predator - the North American Excavator.
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
people stealing your shit for scrap is only going to get worse as food prices go up and wages stay slave-y
copper tubing on your a/c, the tailgate off your truck, your catalytic converter-- easy money
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Actually so lame that they have to do this. Cant have shit in Detroit (or wherever this is)
hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
…have you ever been to Detroit? Because that is not what Detroit looks like lol
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Ill just leave that here for you. knowyourmeme.com/memes/cant-have-shit-in-detroit
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If not copper, why copper shaped?
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
If you’re a copper, you have to tell me.
💸
Something something Ea Nasir.
devilish666@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
God dammit, I don’t have any original thoughts.
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
We all thought it. ¯\(^_^)/¯
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Lumidaub@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Thank you, I am now reassured in my DuckDuckGo-fu after looking this up because I don’t watch the Simpsons.
mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 weeks ago
I dunno who is even still stealing copper considering that a lot of yards are asking for proof of ownership before they accept it. Copper-nabbers are opportunistic, and won't take the time to forge an original invoice.
JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Copper spools have the sheathing stripped off, wire cut to reasonable lengths, then brought to multiple recyclers in stages.
To be sure, the odd idiot will show up with a unadulterated spool and try to get paid, but most that go to the effort of abducting these things off the side of the road aren’t entirely stupid.
Then again, a less scrupulous yard might still buy the spool as it comes and strip it themselves.
SektorC@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
That’s exactly what a copper thief would say.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Get 'em, boys.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Some people were about to buy a house then on the day of closing, they inspect the house one last time and found all the copper pipes missing lol
So they had to renegotiable about the purchase price
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Copper-nabbers are opportunistic, and won’t take the time to forge an original invoice.
I dunno, it’s kind of hard to spell “Ea-nāṣir” correctly.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Wouldnt fiber optic cable be worth more? 🤔
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, but you wouldn’t find a buyer
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Time to start an Internet equipment company.
Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah , but you won’t find a buyer , the thing with copper and metals is you can easily sell them off in most cases.
Ajen@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No, check ebay if you don’t believe me. It’s not exactly plentiful, but there are enough contractors with several hundred/thousand feet left over from big jobs who are selling it for wholesale or less. It’s not like you can recycle it, and splicing is unreliable without tools that cost as much as a car, so if you’ve got a partial spool you need to get rid of you’ll probably have to sell it at a loss.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
are you saying they wouldn’t find a buyer?
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
yeah but no buyer
Ajaxster@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
either i know where that is or they’re all like that
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Putting my geoguessr to the test-
For sure US, Pine trees, wood fences, trailers, political sign- David Hogan? cant make it out, not St Augustine grass-maybe paspalum?, Barn/stable implies horses or cows maybe.Im guessing north-central Florida/south Georgia. Sticking the pin somewhere close to Taylor Florida or right on the border of GA.
Sorry, im not trying to dox just having some fun. :Pastutemural@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
People: The surveillance state will eliminate privacy!
Rando on the internet: If you wanted your house to be private you shouldn’t have had grass.
Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Bold of them to assume copper thieves can read.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is just what someome with a lot of copper would say!
RedIce25@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
r/trashy
Exusia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Been needing to finish the mancave, even BETTER!
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
I feel like you could real easily just steel that roll and of fiber optic cable and sell it? Like that much of the stuff must be rather valuable. Also they labelled it for you so that you know what it is
mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 weeks ago
Fiber optic cable is just glass or nylon, sealed with a thermoplastic. It really is one of the cheapest kinds of cables to make, maybe ever. It's really not worth anything when anyone who needs to run fiber can just buy a brand new spool for the same price as a spool from four guys in a shitty pickup truck who can't describe why they even had it to begin with.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Who would you sell it to? The same telecom company? The same company that installs it? Might as well steel the tires off the installation team truck and sell it back to them.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I think turning someone’s tires to solid steel would be pretty funny
cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sell it to who? Most business must keep records of the stuff they use in their books. A roll of optic fiber this large would cost a substantial amount of money, so using one “off the books” would require some creativity. And I’m not sure there’s much use for individuals for that much.
Copper is interesting because there are business that buys it by weight for recycling purposes.
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
It’s really that valuable, the bulk prices I’ve found on Alibaba are around $25-$30 per KILOMETER!
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
wait fiber optic is like power lines??
Outbound7404@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
In some localities fibre optic is strung on the power lines, yes.
In some it is buried.
All you’re looking at is the outer protective sheath.
frog@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Um… What kind of fiber optic?
2n1t@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Toslink
girst@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
i mean, you can do that if you want
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2 weeks ago
If enough people believe it’s copper, it’s good enough.
SektorC@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
If the right people don’t think it’s just fiber, then it’s no longer good enough.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
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Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Looks like they’re burying it. The buried stuff does have a small copper locate wire. Or maybe its aluminum? I don’t know. Better check