Insane Scot with disregard for electrical safety

[ARW]

could that be?

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

What electrical safety is that? Bloke had a genset in his kitchen or wherever, suspended from the ceiling so as to not disturb the neighbours and charging a battery, drawing from that via an inverter. I fail to see the problem - except the need to store more than the permitted amount of petrol. Gassing himself or the neighbours is a bonus.

[Owain]

It's not me, and BigClive lives in Edinburgh.

[brass monkey]

It's not me, and BigClive lives in Edinburgh.

be the lootenants daddy.

[Ericp]

Well. That link kept me very happy for a few hours.

Many thanks. :)

[Weatherlawyer]

Is this site serious? Or is it a version of The Onion?

[Ericp]

Seems serious to me. Just a bloke with a sense of humour and traditional disregard for ElfnSafeT. He seems to have a background in special effects and probably some interesting hobbies. I enjoyed his blarney anyhow. :)

[harry]

I wonder what he hoped to achieve? Must have been stolen petrol or something.

[Adrian C]

Haven't got the calculator out. Is it cheaper to generate yr own electricity utilizing say, an old car diesel engine, alternator and home made bio fuel - than connecting to the national grid?

[John Williamson]

Only if you've been cut off for not paying and bypassing the meter.

[The Natural Philosopher]

roughly speaking a litre of oil contains about 10Kwh of energy, and a diesel genny runs at about 20% eff. So its going to take half a litre of oil to generate a Kwh.

So if you can get diesel - self made biodiesel - at less than 20p a litre, the answer will be yes. If you ignore the capital cost/maintenance of the genny.

[John Rumm]

Na, Clive actually has a clue!

[fred]

Bing! Had to be didn't it.

[dom]

I imagine he's done it in such a way that it could back-feed the supply.

Notice how the BBC website describes it, "Charles McKenzie is alleged to have rigged up a "dangerous transformer assembly" at his flat"

Though it is a bit unclear exactly which bit is reckless - the "producing electricity", the "transformer", hanging the generator from the ceiling, or simply having petrol stored in his flat.

Some flats have byelaws preventing bottled gas being taken into the building, and I think some do the same for petrol.

[Owain]

But surely then you run an extension lead to next door and bypass their meter as well?

Owain

[Owain]

Yes, it's serious. The owner does the Xmas lights for Glasgow (and I think work for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo as well)

[dennis]

Usually the ones built like Roland point.

If it were that type of construction he needs evicting.

[Bob Eager]

If anyone is trying to Google it, I think dennis means:

Ronan Point

[Dave Plowman (News)]

No. Not even with untaxed diesel.

[robgraham]

+1 - there's some fun to be had there. And I live just a few miles away!