Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:17:42 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
wrote:
 

On 04/07/2024 04:46, Bill Sloman wrote:
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Inductively coupled charging stations could bury the copper cables where
they were harder to dig out, and it's not hard to embed a sense wire
loop in the cable assembly that can generate an alarm as soon as the
cable is cut.
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This just a reflection of poor engineering design, but neither Cursitor
Doom nor ZeroHedge have that kind of insight.
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And how big and heavy does the coil on the car have to be for fast charging?

 Good point. It will have a lot of copper. While guys are under your
car stealing the catalytic converter, they may as well nab the
charging coil too.