Solar Meadow update

Pleased to see that at least one person has put pen to paper (The Scotsman).

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Tim Downie
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In article , Tim Downie writes

with a 12' razorwire fence, they'd last 5 mins at ground level.

Reply to
fred

Why? they are worthless to steal.

The cables on the other hand.....

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The Natural Philosopher

In message , The Natural Philosopher wrote

Locally, I'm sure that the cables are been stolen because the local press keep saying that they are worth tens of thousands! Obviously this is not the scrap value but the cost in labour to replace.

If it is reported that the equipment is "worth" £100K then someone will attempt to steal it.

Perhaps the theft of solar panels from roofs will be more profitable than stealing the lead :)?

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Alan

It's interesting to relate the cost per panel of this set up, which will include the security as suggested, but also considerable ground works, with the cost that is being asked for by the home installers.

800 panels @ =A3300k =3D =A3375 each, against 14 panels at =A315k ~=3D =A31= k each. This is not just a question of scale but of rip off of home owners by the installers.

Rob

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robgraham

LOL, quite but bams will steal anything. Likely vandalism of a ground level site would be the greatest risk. They're not sited on roofs for nothng.

It's solar, surely too thin to be worth nicking.

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fred

It's interesting to relate the cost per panel of this set up, which will include the security as suggested, but also considerable ground works, with the cost that is being asked for by the home installers.

800 panels @ £300k = £375 each, against 14 panels at £15k ~= £1k each. This is not just a question of scale but of rip off of home owners by the installers.

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Surely this the manufacturers doing the ripping off,

or do you really think that an installer buys by the 1000 on the off chance that he will sell them

tim

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tim....

So that would be why the panel to provide power at a remote midpoint was stolen, twice... A decent sized panel is several hundred quid, off the shelf, if tea leaf wants it for his own use or has a market at =A350 each they are not "worthless to steal".

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Dave Liquorice

No that wasn't stolen for profit: That was stolen out of a sense of public DUTY !!!! :-)

Reply to
The Natural Philosopher

midpoint

? On a community wireless broadband midpoint?

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Dave Liquorice

Oh well, someone hates the community then.

There's some illuminated road signs that are solar/wind powered round here. They stopped working after 18 months. They were pretty unreliable before that. I wish someone would steal them. Utterly useless.

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The Natural Philosopher

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