Here in South Africa, our wall plugs push out about 220 Volts normally.
If you are really clued up on how to reconfigure a substation though, (let's say by removing a few cables here and there), then you can boost this meagre figure to 400+ Volts...!
....which is exactly what happened to a client of mine last week....
It went something like this I believe:
The sad, charred insides of a now toasted fax machine
If you are really clued up on how to reconfigure a substation though, (let's say by removing a few cables here and there), then you can boost this meagre figure to 400+ Volts...!
....which is exactly what happened to a client of mine last week....
It went something like this I believe:
- Thief sees substation.
- Thief enters substation after dark.
- Thief switches off substation.
- Thief steals cabling.
- Thief switches substation back on....
- = 400 Volts sent through all major appliances, computers, fax machines, alarm systems and pretty much anything plugged into power at the time, for a radius of approx. 400m around the substation. Nicely done, Mr cable thief.
....and the final result?
Lots of this:
The sad, charred insides of a now toasted fax machine
...the moral of this story?
It may not be the worst idea ever, to unplug all of your office / home electronics each evening, unless you have a super foolproof surge protection system in place.
It's just not worth the risk!
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