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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Would-be thieves electrocuted by 24,000-volt transformer while attempting to steal copper wire
2017-12-31
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] The two thieves were found at a substation of the Detroit Public Lighting Department on Friday morning

  • Police believe the men were attempting to steal copper wire when they were electrocuted

  • Not only were the bodies badly burned, but the current was so strong that they were fused together

  • The men have not been identified but they are two black males appearing to be in their 20s or 30s
Posted by:Fred

#16  'Lectricity be hard!
Posted by: Dave D.   2017-12-31 20:45  

#15  A n extremely graphic lesson in I^2 R losses in power distribution.

Upper Volta—hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s a keeper.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2017-12-31 19:33  

#14  Hope no one lost power because of these idiots.
Posted by: Barbara   2017-12-31 15:56  

#13  {shudder} I watched a buss bar in my service panel catch on fire - that was only 120 VAC, 100 amp. Hate to see more volts & amps than that!
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2017-12-31 13:09  

#12  Does Detroit get a carbon credit for this?

As an aside, I had a similar situation occur on a project. The building lost power one morning during the punchlist and the local power company guy was with us. He left when he got a call, came back and said two guys had tried to steal the copper buss bars out of a switchgear in a substation. Completely incinerated both of them, they only found two pairs of shoes and the carbonized arms of one of them attached to one of the buss bars...that much current can literally turn a human into a fireball and leave little behind...
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-12-31 12:17  

#11  The men have not been identified but they are two black males appearing to be in their 20s or 30s

Yeah, but what were they beforehand?
Carbon snark of the day
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-12-31 11:11  

#10  Think of it as evolution in action. The group of people stupid enough to try and steal copper from live transformers will go down slightly.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-12-31 10:55  

#9  ..an existential question? (there's copper wiring in schools too)
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2017-12-31 08:43  

#8  
Taught about electricity, current, grounding - no.
Taught polar bears are drowning because of evil man made warming - yes.


You really think they spent any time in school?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2017-12-31 08:41  

#7  Immigrants from the former Upper Volta?
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-31 08:19  

#6  White science & technology putting the black man down again?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-31 07:01  

#5  Taught about electricity, current, grounding - no.
Taught polar bears are drowning because of evil man made warming - yes.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2017-12-31 06:54  

#4  Watt a shocking tragedy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-31 02:03  

#3  Karma, meet frick and frack.
Posted by: anymouse   2017-12-31 00:53  

#2  but they are two black males

Who started off as white?
Posted by: gorb   2017-12-31 00:53  

#1  The competition for the 2017 Darwin Awards just got a lot more electrifying....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-12-31 00:50  

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