Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
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Do you know these
http://bernatom.com/uk_savoir-faire-recouvrement-c...
http://bazkideblog.eraikune.com/2012/05/sistema-an... ?
Any experiences?
I like the first.
Do you have other suggestions?
http://bernatom.com/uk_savoir-faire-recouvrement-c...
http://bazkideblog.eraikune.com/2012/05/sistema-an... ?
Any experiences?
I like the first.
Do you have other suggestions?






RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
What we have found is these desprate people usually have an addiction problem, which is why hit substations close to there homes.
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
Locally, one of the best deterrents has been a new law that recycling centers cannot accept materials carried by bicycle or on foot. You must at least turn up in a registered vehicle.
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
Turns out the theves want quick cash, and they don't want to go far to get it. Who would of thought that theves are lazy.
Now from the news theves are stealing outdoor air conditioning units, hijacking plumbers trucks, and steeling man hole covers (which we have been welding down).
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
As far as current carrying conductors, as your links showed, I would not recommend a foam fill solution if any real power is transferred on your conductors as I would be wary of the lack of heat disapation and the loss of replacing or adding cables in the foam filled trench later on. At that point, might as well use a conduit system with camlock handholes. If you need a trench, you can get cover lock kits in new installations such as Link I don't know if you can retrofit an existing trench with locks. Maybe a call to a few manufactures would be in order.
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
Painting the copper wire is probally the easest and quickest, and it makes it difficult sell without removing the paint. Although I never thought of a floresent color.
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
We had a simular problem with the safty ground in the cable trench, and between tieing it down, and covering it with sand (and catching the guys who were stealing it), the problem has gone away.
You can also use some of the spare conductors in an alarm circuit.
Or simular to the above, use cable with a steel messanger.
RE: Anti-theft solutions for copper cables: questions
Hi In South Africa,
Stealing copper wire from substation and the like is rampent here, in 1994 a new cable was designed it is more expensive however read the details below it might help
Kwena Anti-Theft Cables
The ever increasing loss of copper cables throughout Southern Africa and the Far East has led Flexicor Cables to carry out numerous stringent tests on its Kwena earthing conductor cables to prove its effectiveness and quality. Kwena cable has been tries and tested and was patented in 1994. The construction of Kwena makes it uneconomical for bucket shops to recover the copper. The complex weave and steel wires embedded in the cable damages cropping machines situated in bucket shops. Thieves are therefore learning that there is no advantages to stealing this cable as there is no demand. The cable has a distinct appearance that has become recognizable by thieves and scrap dealers. The diameter of Kwena is slightly larger than its conventional copper equivalent due to the complexity of the make-up. Kwena 'anti-theft' earthing strap was developed and patented by Walro Flex, a division of Pomodzi Industrials. Kwena is manufactured under license and distributed by Flexicor Cables.