Durban man bust making traditional pots with ‘stolen’ Transnet and municipal copper

[mojoman]

Sorry, autocorrect, show me an aluminium cable.

I also had not seen any but last week Eskom replaced a cable at my neighbours place (The National Association of Nyope Boys had removed it) with a alumiunium cable...Apparently the NANB are not interested in stealing this....

Yet.....

 

[TheChamp]

Sorry, autocorrect, show me an aluminium cable.

The stock I had is finished, all pots found homes in lovely homes and the owners are happy, I will do when the next consignment comes in.

I think most of the cable used by Eskom is aluminium, the shiny one, next time when the work you should inspect the pieces they leave lying around, as well as the bare one they use to pull the cable with.

 

[wingnut771]

The stock I had is finished, all pots found homes in lovely homes and the owners are happy, I will do when the next consignment comes in.

I think most of the cable used by Eskom is aluminium, the shiny one, next time when the work you should inspect the pieces they leave lying around, as well as the bare one they use to pull the cable with.

The other day I saw ethekweni replacing a massive cable on Berea rd, was as thick as my leg, it was copper.

 

[TheChamp]

The other day I saw ethekweni replacing a massive cable on Berea rd, was as thick as my leg, it was copper.

I could be wrong but in my observation aluminium is preferred for overhead lines, and UG is still copper every time I see them working on UG cables.

 

[Oldfut]

The other day I saw ethekweni replacing a massive cable on Berea rd, was as thick as my leg, it was copper.

I think it varies; maybe copper underground, a mix (in the same cable maybe?) of copper and aluminium overhead (I seem to remember an eThekwini Electricity guy telling us this). But I think this has been going on for as long as cable theft. Funny, I have a nice light, easy to clean flat bottomed aluminium potjie pot cast in KZN. I didn't think to check the origins of the metal.

 

[wingnut771]

I could be wrong but in my observation aluminium is preferred for overhead lines, and UG is still copper every time I see them working on UG cables.

I hope they were replacing it because as I pulled out of MacDonalds, there's this guy with an axe hacking off a piece. There was a whole team watching him though.

 

[wingnut771]

I think it varies; maybe copper underground, a mix (in the same cable maybe?) of copper and aluminium overhead (I seem to remember an eThekwini Electricity guy telling us this). But I think this has been going on for as long as cable theft. Funny, I have a nice light, easy to clean flat bottomed aluminium potjie pot cast in KZN. I didn't think to check the origins of the metal.

 

[Cray]

I could be wrong but in my observation aluminium is preferred for overhead lines, and UG is still copper every time I see them working on UG cables.

TIL

https://www.helukabel.com/za/services/news/aluminium/aluminium-as-a-conductor-material.html

The facts for aluminium speak for themselves when it comes to the issue of weight. As a raw material, aluminium is approximately 70 percent lighter in weight than copper. This can be helpful in the efforts of numerous application fields looking to reduce the weight of all components. Naturally, when used in electrical cables, the lower weight makes them easier to install. High-voltage lines have long been made from aluminium; the lighter weight reduces the tensile force placed on wire and masts significantly. But even industries such as automotive manufacturing and the aeronautical industry are switching to aluminium wires. This is why entire wiring harnesses made of aluminium are already installed in the Airbus A380. Aluminium wires can be up to 60 percent lighter than comparable current-carrying copper wires

 

[TelkomUseless]

Sorry, autocorrect, show me an aluminium cable.

After the 3rd time a 2 years of being stolen , they replaced our power cables with aluminum power cables. Its been about 2 years now.. never stolen again.

 

[charlieharper]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there's too many theories when it comes to cooking in aluminium that it might he bad for you for my liking.

Stick to cast iron & stainless steel./

 

[Cius]

Cooking in aluminum may cause Parkinson's or alzheimer's or something I thought?

 

[HunterNW]

From making pots to getting Parkinsons. You okes are the schit.

 

[Phylax]

"Traditional" pots have no legs.

The "cast iron, three-legged cauldron, the potjie, descended from the Dutch oven brought from the Netherlands to South Africa in the 17th century and found in the homes and villages of people throughout southern Africa."

What "traditional" pots are you talking about?

 

[nightjar]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but there's too many theories when it comes to cooking in aluminium that it might he bad for you for my liking.

Stick to cast iron & stainless steel./

He was probably also using stolen power so electricity cost wouldn't have mattered but aluminium has a much lower melting point than cast iron.

 

[HunterNW]

The "cast iron, three-legged cauldron, the potjie, descended from the Dutch oven brought from the Netherlands to South Africa in the 17th century and found in the homes and villages of people throughout southern Africa."

What "traditional" pots are you talking about?

Traditional African pots were made from clay.

 

[upup]

I’ve never seen an aluminum cable in my life.

Horrible to work with, wires are soft, fasten them to hard and they break. Very light. Farmers use them for irrigation , vodacom also on there towers. From the outside , look the same. Power lines use it, with one hard steel wire to give it tension.

 

[wingnut771]

Probably because of loadshitting it's easier to get to the overhead cables now when the power is off, they even have a convenient schedule to follow.

 

[Gordon_R]

I’ve never seen an aluminum cable in my life.

Plenty of overhead cables have been stolen as well, and they are all aluminium:

Eskom, SAPS and Hawks swoop on cable theft syndicate -

Fourteen suspects involved in cable theft incidents were arrested when a team swooped on multiple premises in Vosman in Mpumalanga.

www.esi-africa.com

 

[ToxicBunny]

Probably because of loadshitting it's easier to get to the overhead cables now when the power is off, they even have a convenient schedule to follow.

This is why eThekwini largely keeps us all guessing and moving areas around to different blocks

 

[ForceFate]

The "cast iron, three-legged cauldron, the potjie, descended from the Dutch oven brought from the Netherlands to South Africa in the 17th century and found in the homes and villages of people throughout southern Africa."

What "traditional" pots are you talking about?

Perhaps you should consider who manufactures the pots in the article as well as largest customer base of the large pots. Then you'll get the context of my comment.