Electrical meters??? Somebody just ganked my mess...

ibtshouldhavepaidyourbill

10/9/2011 2:36:04 AM

I had the water meter stolen from my office about 3 times in the last 2 years

10/9/2011 3:12:22 AM

99299 Posts

10/9/2011 3:46:52 AM

DURHAM WORLD PROBLEMS...

10/9/2011 4:35:54 AM

^ lol

10/9/2011 8:25:03 AM

^^ hahaha

Probably some meth head yanked it for whatever copper is in the wiring.

10/9/2011 8:34:33 AM

^ seems like a lot of work

10/9/2011 9:56:50 AM

Had this problem in Charlotte a couple months ago, worth $8 a piece at the scrap yard.

10/9/2011 11:39:35 AM

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"I guess there is a black market for"

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"I had the water meter stolen from my office about 3 times in the last 2 years"

my racist sub-conscience read water meter as water melon

10/9/2011 11:45:51 AM

Progress energy man said it happens quite often. People that have their power turned off will steal someone elses. He Said they alway get caught though. High risk for little reward

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" shanedidona All American 628 Posts user info edit post ^ seems like a lot of work 10/9/2011 9:56:50 AM "

It's really not. Cut a little wire tag. Open door. Pull meter. Profit(if you don't electrocute yourself)

[Edited on October 9, 2011 at 11:57 AM. Reason : R]

10/9/2011 11:54:42 AM

You don't wire a new one around a pole or is the meter a plug that jumps the drop to the house breaker?

10/9/2011 11:58:33 AM

Power from the pole goes underground to the "meter base" attached to the main panel for the house. The meter itself connects progress energy power to my house

10/9/2011 12:59:24 PM

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"seems like a lot of work"

you never watched the wire?

10/9/2011 1:01:57 PM

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"seems like a lot of work"

Meth heads aren't too smart.

10/9/2011 3:36:04 PM

So this guy built a house in a shitty neighborhood and spends a lot of time complaining when shitty stuff happens in his shitty neighborhood

That about right?

10/9/2011 3:56:40 PM

i hate shitty neighborhoods

10/9/2011 4:35:28 PM

I think if you yank a meter and use at another residence it the charge will be charged to the residence that it was assigned to, so If my power was out due to not paying my bill, I could steal your meter and mooch some power for a few days at least before you could catch me. At least this is what I suspect.

10/9/2011 4:40:30 PM

Ernie wins again...

I quit tww

10/9/2011 5:02:56 PM

I meant pole like a conductive post similar to a screw as in typical household wiring

10/9/2011 7:01:55 PM