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Idiot killed by 33,000-volt shock trying to steal cable from electricity substation

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  • #2
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    This is shocking and looks like another contender for the Darwin Awards. :p

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266193/Burglar-killed-33-000-volt-shock-trying-steal-cable-electricity-substation.html

    hur hur


  • #3
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    He got burned.


  • #4
    Muckie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭Muckie


    Wonder was he ever a guest on the "Jeremy Kyle Show"
    at all.


  • #5
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    ohm dear,

    he couldn't resist it could he?


  • #6
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Another man was left fighting for life last September after receiving a massive electric shock in an apparent break-in at a disused food factory in Elmswell, Suffolk. The man, also in his twenties, suffered horrific burns after apparently tampering with high voltage electrical equipment at the factory.

    Ouch. I'd say that hertz a lot.


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  • #7
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Well he wont do it again. Could he be one of our ethnic boyos? They're well known for that kind of activity.


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Current affairs forum.


  • #9
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Not the brightest spark. He should have conducted himself better.


  • #10
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Ohm my god.


  • #11
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    Its the amps that will kill ya.

    Has anyone seen the video of the indian guy on top of the train that touches the electric cable? It shows how quickly that much power can screw you up.


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  • #12
    Proven_John
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭Proven_John


    Jumpy wrote: »
    Its the amps that will kill ya.

    Has anyone seen the video of the indian guy on top of the train that touches the electric cable? It shows how quickly that much power can screw you up.

    not the brightest spark


  • #13
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,770 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    He'll have some explaining to do at the pearly gates.

    "so tell me sir, have you recently violated any of the 10 commandments?"


  • #14
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    sock puppet wrote: »
    Ouch. I'd say that hertz a lot.
    Eh... relationship between hertz and electricity?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #15
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Shocking story and a powerful lesson to all.


  • #16
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Eh... relationship between hertz and electricity?

    A mistake that's made with shocking frequency.


  • #17
    Zillah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,371 ✭✭✭✭Zillah


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    ohm dear,

    he couldn't resist it could he?

    This is far more clever than I think most people realise.


  • #18
    Sykk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,327 ✭✭✭Sykk


    That's what he gets for conducting a robbery


  • #19
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,738 ✭✭✭mawk


    he really should have resisted the urge.
    but then again esb should have impeded him too


  • #20
    Ghost Train
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,475 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    poor guy... hopefully it will show others not to mess about with this stuff


  • #21
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Eh... relationship between hertz and electricity?


    The frequency of electrical systems varies by country; most electric power is generated at either 50 or 60 Hertz. Surely a science nerd like yourself knew that?


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  • #22
    gaz wac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭gaz wac


    Zillah wrote: »
    This is far more clever than I think most people realise.

    ahhh yea, now i get it, lightbulb moment !


  • #23
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    I bet he left some mighty impressive carbon footprints behind.


  • #24
    tony 2 tone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭tony 2 tone


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Eh... relationship between hertz and electricity?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility_frequency

    And you call your self a science nerd! :p

    Edit: Damn it! Too slow!


  • #25
    Rented Mule
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭Rented Mule


    Back in the late 80's I worked at a power station. We arrived at work one morning, to find emergency services trying to figure out how to remove another (theiving bastard) individual who had cooked onto one of the transformers(?).

    Some people aren't smart enough to be walking upright.

    It's like the old saying ' the kid who swallows the most marbles doesn't get to grow up to have kids of his own'.


  • #26
    force eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭force eleven


    A story that will transform us all....if we have the capacitance to understand it.


  • #27
    Joey the lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    Whats even funnier is the value of the copper would have been worthless for the amount of damage.


  • #28
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    Eh... relationship between hertz and electricity?

    I think you ought to leave and come back with a different username.


  • #29
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Joey the lips wrote: »
    Whats even funnier is the value of the copper would have been worthless for the amount of damage.

    I think he got off lightly, would have preferred him to be charged for it.


  • #30
    aDeener
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭aDeener


    watt an idiot


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  • #31
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    Not a clever lad but for a brief instant he was the brightest bulb in the box.


  • #32
    Thrill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,485 ✭✭✭Thrill


    Is that current news?


  • #33
    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    Hagar wrote: »
    Not a clever lad but for a brief instant he was the brightest bulb in the box.

    That blinding flash of inspiration can hit us all at one point or another, it's knowing how to harness it is the tricky part.


  • #34
    partyguinness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,203 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    Prob Travellers/Pikies..they are always looking for copper


  • #35
    sock puppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Thrill wrote: »
    Is that current news?

    Yeah they'd want to step up their reporting.


  • #36
    Thephantomsmask
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,369 ✭✭✭Thephantomsmask


    The man got a place in the spotlight, even if only faraday. The other bloke probably LED him into it though,


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  • #37
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    sock puppet wrote: »
    I think you ought to leave and come back with a different username.
    God forbid I ask a question

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #38
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,242 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    This is shocking and looks like another contender for the Darwin Awards. :p

    A contender, looks like the fuckin' muppet won and All for a hair raising experience! :D :P


  • #39
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Prob Travellers/Pikies..they are always looking for copper

    More than likely as they couldn't read the notice "Do not Trespass" or "Danger 33,000 Volts".

    CCTV would have more than likely picked up images of a Toyota Hiace or low roof Ford Transit in the background.


  • #40
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Zillah wrote: »
    This is far more clever than I think most people realise.

    Indeed, but then again this is AH so I'm not expecting much

    Nerd Science Forum FTW


  • #41
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    I got a 1 million volt shock and survived without a scratch.

    Obviously this guy was just a wimp.


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  • #42
    entropi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,730 ✭✭✭✭entropi


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    This is shocking and looks like another contender for the Darwin Awards. :p
    What are the bets he'd be shocked to hear he won?


  • #43
    Dunjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,345 ✭✭✭Dunjohn


    Bet it's not the first time he'd been charged by the coppers.


  • #44
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,362 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    there wasn't a government subsidised electric car with a dead battery nearby was there?


  • #45
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    Puntastic first page...won't bother with the rest.


  • #46
    Calibos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,816 ✭✭✭Calibos


    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    More than likely as they couldn't read the notice "Do not Trespass" or "Danger 33,000 Volts".

    CCTV would have more than likely picked up images of a Toyota Hiace or low roof Ford Transit in the background.

    Bloody eejit losing his life that way. Now his cousins kids are fatherless! They'll be made Wards of the court now.


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