copper thieves

[cwerdna]

MNL has a thread at Copper wire thieves.

As I mentioned at Thoughts on CCS DC Fast Charging?, I used to have to skip District 06 Office | Fresno, CA | EV Station because it was down for over a year due to copper thieves having cut all the cables. They eventually fixed it and added extra cameras and security.

Post other copper theft stories and instances here.

 

[cwerdna]

Copper thieves target VTA light rail stations

Copper wire thefts are creating problems at light rail stations across the South Bay.

www.nbcbayarea.com

 

[cwerdna]

At

https://www.facebook.com/groups/seattlenissanleaf/posts/7779363438761692/

(sorry, private group), there was a post of an image from Nextdoor mentioning that Redmond, WA had "ALL" its public fast chargers destroyed. I can't speak to all, but it has pics of EA, EVgo and Flo DC FC sites (one of each) and all of them have cut cables.

I did find these in/around Redmond w/reports of cut cables. It doesn't seem to be all.
Arco | Bellevue, WA | EV Station
Target | Redmond, WA | EV Station
Redmond Town Center - Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews | Redmond, WA | EV Station

 

[Tiger]

Extreme form of recycling similar to the stealing of car headlights. /s

 

[cwerdna]

Heard about this on AM radio:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1780730670849081686

Some other local news stories on this:

Street lights at Lake Merritt vandalized, wires stolen

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Several of Lake Merritt’s iconic street lights have been vandalized, the Oakland Police Department confirmed to KRON4. A photojournalist who went to the lake on…

www.kron4.com

Theft, vandalism of vintage street lights around Oakland's Lake Merritt raises safety concerns

Though the days are getting longer, it's getting darker around Lake Merritt in Oakland after almost a dozen light poles were stolen by vandals.

www.cbsnews.com