Mark P Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 I found this odd. I'm guessing the sparky did it so as to not accedentaly touch them? I was tempted to just pull if off, but did not. Would you have removed it? Click to Enlarge 72 KB
Marc Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 That old silver duct tape. Doesn't it have some borderline conductive properties? Marc
ghentjr Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 I Would you have removed it? Click to Enlarge 72 KB No!
Jack Davenport Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 It may be perfectly safe to just rip it off but ................. can you be 100% positive ?? Are you 100% positive as to why it was installed ? Are you there to do repairs ? I would just write it up as needing removal.
Ben H Posted March 17, 2010 Report Posted March 17, 2010 Heck yeah, I'd have pulled it off with my teeth.[]
Brandon Whitmore Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 Do it with a tape measure. Good thing I wasn't consuming anything while reading your post.
Billy_Bob Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 I would not touch it. I would be worried that the tape could be electrically conductive. Or that I might accidentially touch a live metal part behind the tape. That area of the panel would *always* be live, even with the main breaker off. The safe way to remove the tape would be to call the electric company, have them pull the meter to disconnect power, remove the tape, then reinstall the meter. If there is a way to do something with the power off, then that is the best way to go. I would guess that someone placed that there because it is always live and so they would not accidentially touch it while adding a new breaker or whatever. I should think wide electrical tape would have been a better choice...
hausdok Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 Yeah, Probably not a good idea to touch it. Electricity doesn't care who or who it zaps. Below is a photo of a couple of dudes down in Dallas who were trying to steal copper cable from a conduit. Note the tin snips on the ground near one's leg. There is a set of bolt cutters out of frame to the right. This one is mild. The others are closeups and are a lot more graphic. Yikes! WARNING: Disturbing graphic content! DON'T click to enlarge this if you just ate! Click to Enlarge 109.63 KB ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
Marc Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 My God! I didn't realize that you weren't kidding about the graphics warning. What was that? 13.8 KiloVolt? 2.4KiloVolt? 240 wouldn't likely be enough. Maybe 480 or 600V with some help from moisture or sweat. Marc
Terence McCann Posted March 18, 2010 Report Posted March 18, 2010 What was that? 13.8 KiloVolt? 2.4KiloVolt? Marc I'm thinking more along the lines of stupidity - that and trying to get something for nothing.
hausdok Posted March 19, 2010 Report Posted March 19, 2010 Mmm, According to the email sent to me with that, it was about 13,000 volts. The other pictures are a lot harder to look at. They were trying to get the copper and in the process of pulling a live cable out of a conduit when they fried themselves. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
Billy_Bob Posted March 19, 2010 Report Posted March 19, 2010 I guess that is why the electric companies don't seem to be bothering with much in the way of security measures to prevent copper theft. Perhaps they feel the problem mixed with a little greed on the part of the thieves will take care of itself over time...
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