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To: BitWielder1

I am surprised that that steel is worth the risk. Usually they get the copper from outdoor HVAC.


6 posted on 11/18/2016 7:06:22 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute
I am surprised that that steel is worth the risk. Usually they get the copper from outdoor HVAC.

They may have thought it was copper cable.

8 posted on 11/18/2016 7:09:12 AM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: wastoute

I was looking at a large city park last week with 12 baseball fields in 3 groups of 4 diamonds. Each group had a snack bar / bathroom building, and the HVAC outdoor unit was basically in an exterior room of the building behind a sliding track barn door with a heavy wire fence insert.


13 posted on 11/18/2016 7:18:09 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: wastoute

The steel in overhead wires is for reinforcement. The conductor is usually aluminum or an aluminum alloy - not worth as much as copper, but certainly more than steel.


14 posted on 11/18/2016 7:22:01 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
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To: wastoute
A nearby mountain pass has a pullout where people can park while telemarking or snowshoeing. Their idyllic silence was shattered when someone removed the catalytic converters from all the vehicles.
15 posted on 11/18/2016 7:49:45 AM PST by kitchen (If you are a violin bow maker or restorer please ping me.)
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To: wastoute

***Usually they get the copper from outdoor HVAC.***
Or ground wires made of thick pure copper cable.


19 posted on 11/18/2016 8:28:58 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Crush your enemies, ..... and to hear the lamentations of their women.)
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