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Pleased to see that at least one person has put pen to paper (The Scotsman).
http://www.scotsman.com/news/letters...loud_1_1984243 Tim |
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In article , Tim Downie
writes Pleased to see that at least one person has put pen to paper (The Scotsman). http://www.scotsman.com/news/letters...loud_1_1984243 and that's before the theft and vandalism risks are considered, even with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level. -- fred it's a ba-na-na . . . . |
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fred wrote:
In article , Tim Downie writes Pleased to see that at least one person has put pen to paper (The Scotsman). http://www.scotsman.com/news/letters...loud_1_1984243 and that's before the theft and vandalism risks are considered, even with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level. Why? they are worthless to steal. The cables on the other hand..... |
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wrote Why? they are worthless to steal. The cables on the other hand..... Locally, I'm sure that the cables are been stolen because the local press keep saying that they are worth tens of thousands! Obviously this is not the scrap value but the cost in labour to replace. If it is reported that the equipment is "worth" £100K then someone will attempt to steal it. Perhaps the theft of solar panels from roofs will be more profitable than stealing the lead ‚¬ -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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On Nov 25, 6:51*pm, Alan wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher wrote Why? they are worthless to steal. The cables on the other hand..... Locally, I'm sure that the cables are been stolen because the local press keep saying that they are worth tens of thousands! Obviously this is not the scrap value but the cost in labour to replace. If it is reported that the equipment is "worth" £100K then someone will attempt to steal it. Perhaps the theft of solar panels from roofs will be more profitable than stealing the lead € -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk It's interesting to relate the cost per panel of this set up, which will include the security as suggested, but also considerable ground works, with the cost that is being asked for by the home installers. 800 panels @ £300k = £375 each, against 14 panels at £15k ~= £1k each. This is not just a question of scale but of rip off of home owners by the installers. Rob |
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writes fred wrote: In article , Tim Downie writes Pleased to see that at least one person has put pen to paper (The Scotsman). http://www.scotsman.com/news/letters...loud_1_1984243 and that's before the theft and vandalism risks are considered, even with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level. Why? they are worthless to steal. LOL, quite but bams will steal anything. Likely vandalism of a ground level site would be the greatest risk. They're not sited on roofs for nothng. The cables on the other hand..... It's solar, surely too thin to be worth nicking. ? -- fred it's a ba-na-na . . . . |
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"robgraham" wrote in message ... On Nov 25, 6:51 pm, Alan wrote: In message , The Natural Philosopher wrote Why? they are worthless to steal. The cables on the other hand..... Locally, I'm sure that the cables are been stolen because the local press keep saying that they are worth tens of thousands! Obviously this is not the scrap value but the cost in labour to replace. If it is reported that the equipment is "worth" £100K then someone will attempt to steal it. Perhaps the theft of solar panels from roofs will be more profitable than stealing the lead € -- Alan news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk It's interesting to relate the cost per panel of this set up, which will include the security as suggested, but also considerable ground works, with the cost that is being asked for by the home installers. 800 panels @ £300k = £375 each, against 14 panels at £15k ~= £1k each. This is not just a question of scale but of rip off of home owners by the installers. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Surely this the manufacturers doing the ripping off, or do you really think that an installer buys by the 1000 on the off chance that he will sell them tim |
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:21:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
and that's before the theft and vandalism risks are considered, even with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level. Why? they are worthless to steal. So that would be why the panel to provide power at a remote midpoint was stolen, twice... A decent sized panel is several hundred quid, off the shelf, if tea leaf wants it for his own use or has a market at £50 each they are not "worthless to steal". -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:21:31 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: and that's before the theft and vandalism risks are considered, even with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level. Why? they are worthless to steal. So that would be why the panel to provide power at a remote midpoint was stolen, twice... No that wasn't stolen for profit: That was stolen out of a sense of public DUTY !!!! :-) |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:33:38 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
So that would be why the panel to provide power at a remote midpoint was stolen, twice... No that wasn't stolen for profit: That was stolen out of a sense of public DUTY !!!! :-) ? On a community wireless broadband midpoint? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:33:38 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: So that would be why the panel to provide power at a remote midpoint was stolen, twice... No that wasn't stolen for profit: That was stolen out of a sense of public DUTY !!!! :-) ? On a community wireless broadband midpoint? Oh well, someone hates the community then. There's some illuminated road signs that are solar/wind powered round here. They stopped working after 18 months. They were pretty unreliable before that. I wish someone would steal them. Utterly useless. |
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On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:06:18 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
There's some illuminated road signs that are solar/wind powered round here. They stopped working after 18 months. They were pretty unreliable before that. I wish someone would steal them. Utterly useless. Round here they got shot. B-) So do ordinary signs as well but the illuminated ones that light up to tell you to slow down or the speed limit seem to attract more fire. -- Cheers Dave. |
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