Hello Maurice.

16 Feb 07 20:40, you wrote to me:

 RT>> Ouch, well, a magnifing glass helps out here as well, when
 RT>> examinig motherboards, for jumper settings etc.

 MK> Tweezers too as my fingers are too fat for the spaces they like to put
 MK> those things into.  Good thing it doesn't have to be done more then
 MK> once.

Yep! tweezers help with the pulling and setting of the jumpers ...

 MK> I've heard tales.  I think the norm is from construction sites and
 MK> suppliers who already have it all nicely spooled up for them.  Also
 MK> heard about at least one fire getting out of control for when they
 MK> burn off the insulation.  All things considered it seems to me to be a
 MK> bad way to make a buck.

Yep, that happens as well, fires getting out of control, that is, but then 
high voltage wire has no insulating cover either ... , tho normal voltage and 
phone wires do ...

 RT>> Stealing wire might be desperation, getting electrocuted in the
 RT>> process is
 RT>> plain stupididty ... :-)

 MK> As far as I am aware stupidity isn't the illegal part but I suppose it
 MK> might be part and parcel with this particular activity.  I am willing
 MK> to bet that whoever is buying this stuff from the thieves isn't paying
 MK> that much for the effort and danger nor taking any of the real risk
 MK> associated with it.  I have doubts those people even suffer that much
 MK> even if caught and 'punished'.  I have yet to hear of anyone further
 MK> up the chain even getting caught.  Have you?


Stupidity is the decision to steal the stuff, and even worse, when you get 
yourself electrocuted. Apparently the "scap" dealers pay about 1/5 of the 
value, for the wire, to those dumb enough to bother stealing it. I only know 
of 3 cases in the last 20 odd years of the "scap" dealers being
successfully 
prosocuted ... :-((

Russell

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