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Old 10/31/09, 12:33 PM
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How can you tell if someone is Stealing Electricity?
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Old 10/31/09, 12:56 PM
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I have heard magnets behind the meter in the old days, by passing the meter base and so on.
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Old 11/1/09, 1:29 AM
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From you or the utility company?



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Old 11/1/09, 6:49 AM
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Their hair is standing straight up? :-)

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Old 11/1/09, 10:36 AM
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[QUOTE=BigBadWolf;577253]How can you tell if someone is Stealing Electricity?[/QUOTE]

I am pretty sure that this vendor was stealing electricity...
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Old 11/4/09, 4:25 PM
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Theft of service is not taken lightly in most municipalities or Utility disricts. Various ways of turning the meter upside down or running a jumper wire. Just make a complaint and the utility company can verify the condition or make an audit to confirm the currect setup and look at prior utility usage to get a comparison.

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