AC unit theft

[kenmac]

They just burn it off. My recyle place pays the same for burned or stripped wire. .

Around here.. If you burn the insulation off wire or the copper has soldered joints . It's considered #2. which = less $

 

[mjarrels]

A couple of years ago, it was catalatic converters. Local college (JMU) freshman cannot keep a car on campus. Thus they rent parking spaces in local parking lots. Return to their car the next day and cat converter is gone.

mark

 

[dmccarty]

WOW!!!

AC theft.. I feel for you..

Let us know what the police find...


J

Yeah. And he is in Central FLA. In the summer time.

I hear it gets hot and humid there....

There have been AC thefts in my area as well.

Later,
Dan

 

[Sigarms]

It's getting harder to find the concrete pads. they are going to plastic pads.

That's because they are so heavy!! People could be amazed at how much weight a 2" thick conccrete pad could weigh (breaking one down isn't a piece of cake either).

So bad around here at times with theft, that with new construction, contractors won't lay the outdoor unit until the day of the inspection in the city.

Had one unit where the theif was nice enough to leave the unit, but took ALL the copper out of it.

There are various alarm systems you can buy, but if someone wants something bad enough, they're going to try, and they could cause just as much damage trying to remove it without taking it.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I have an old central unit outside the house they quit working. We went to window units till we remodel then have a new unit put in. Its on a pad and is inside the dog fence. When i went on vacation I have 2 nieghbors that are lowlife metal theives. I hooked the dog pens fence charger to the housing for a surprise. I dont have any use for it now but the new AC man in town told me to keep it till he can look into it.

 

[kenmac]

That's because they are so heavy!! People could be amazed at how much weight a 2" thick conccrete pad could weigh .

It's hard to level the unit with those plastic pads. They bend & give everywhere. I'll take the heavy concrete any day. Guess I'm just old school,,,I still like copper for water pipe:thumbsup:

 

[two_bit_score]

Theft is no longer a crime and thieves are not treated like criminals. Invading our national borders with drugs and guns is Whitehouse approved. But don't ever be caught without your seatbelt on.

That's not politics. That's just a fact. :thumbsup:

 

[CCWKen]

Some "bright" fool killed himself down here a few weeks ago. He tried to steal live copper wire out of one of the power substations. The story says he probably though he could cut just one wire at a time. The guy was found with the melted cutters still in his hands or what was left. I doubt he even got the cutters to the wire. That might work on 240v with rubber boots but the rules change when it's a half a million volts.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I notice on new houses here they use a metal bracket attached to the concrete foundation wall to set the outside condenser unit on. I saw one the other day that was located on the wall at the 2nd level.

 

[Alan L.]

This is what should happen to people who steal a/c units.

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