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by rmason 15 days ago
In Detroit copper theft was an epidemic a few years back. Once the easy stuff in abandoned houses was gone thieves went further afield. .

A few brave thieves went after power substations. For some thieves a lack of knowledge was fatal.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017...

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An example shown when I worked around a 7000A rail was also two men. One formed a circuit and the other tried to pry him off.
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