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Baroque Bloke |
"Two would-be thieves were found dead Friday inside a Detroit public lighting facility after they were electrocuted by 24,000 volts. Officials said the pair was found at a substation of the Detroit Public Lighting Department on the city's east side around 6.50am on Friday. The thieves were attempting to steal copper wire when one of the men came in contact with a 24,000-volt transformer and transferred the current along to the other, reported WDIV. Police said the bodies were badly burned and that the current was so strong that they bodies were fused together…" www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...ghting-facility.html Serious about crackers | ||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Classic DRT. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Ammoholic |
As an electrician we love these stories I have seen some pretty horrific pics of thieves getting fried-ified. Kind of sick pleasure of mine seeing people get what they deserve for stealing copper. Hopefully they are fused together everywhere they go in hell. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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Told cops where to go for over 29 years… |
If they were my kids they’d be grounded... What part of "...Shall not be infringed" don't you understand???  | |||
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Membership has its privileges |
Damn occupational hazards. Niech Zyje P-220 Steve | |||
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Glorious SPAM! |
Ok, so what uses 24K volts? Is this going to a step down transformer for something. | |||
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Certified All Positions |
I bet the cleanup didn't smell good. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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Funny Man |
Definitely not their original recipe..... ______________________________ “I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” ― John Wayne | |||
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delicately calloused |
The last thing to go through their minds? 24,000 volts... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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I bet when they were shocked and said Ohm my God. Nick "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." -Capt. Edward Smith | |||
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Yes This was a utility substation, and they normally bring a higher voltage in and step it down to a voltage the is usable for further distribution RC | |||
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Unhyphenated American |
#1's last words to #2, "It hertz so bad, Watt do I do?" Plug in your most re-volt-ing puns here... __________________________________________________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. Richard M Nixon It's nice to be important, it's more important to be nice. Billy Joe Shaver NRA Life Member | |||
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Higher voltage transmits over longer distances with less losses, and is then stepped down for end user needs. | |||
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Member |
"The men have not been identified but they are two black males appearing to be in their 20s or 30s" I thought reporting the race of criminals was racist. Oh, wait - maybe they mean they don't know what they were before but are black now. | |||
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| Who Woulda Ever Thought? |
They have only been identified by their first names, Sparky and Buzz. | |||
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Well, that was their problem, they were grounded. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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But if I booby-trap my house, suddenly I'm the bad guy? And, no pictures of the boobies. | |||
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Coin Sniper |
This happens a few times a year in Detroit. People trying to steal copper and the net result is a pile of ash in a pair of melted Adidas. Normally it's a 440 line that they accidentally short across. This one was worth special mention given the magnitude of their demise, simply shocking. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
That's one way of staying current and up to date. I bet they were all amped up. In hindsight, they wished they just stayed ohm. These things come in cycles. They must not have put up much resistance. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Baroque Bloke |
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