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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 00:46:39 +1000
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On 4/07/2024 11:09 pm, john larkin wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:17:42 +0100, alan_m <junk@admac.myzen.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 04/07/2024 04:46, Bill Sloman wrote:
>>
>>> Inductively coupled charging stations could bury the copper cables where
>>> they were harder to dig out, and it's not hard to embed a sense wire
>>> loop in the cable assembly that can generate an alarm as soon as the
>>> cable is cut.
>>>
>>> This just a reflection of poor engineering design, but neither Cursitor
>>> Doom nor ZeroHedge have that kind of insight.
>>>
>>
>> And how big and heavy does the coil on the car have to be for fast charging?
> 
> Good point. It will have a lot of copper. While guys are under your
> car stealing the catalytic converter, they may as well nab the
> charging coil too.

The charging coil is going wrapped around the periphery of the car - the 
more receiving area you have the better it works.

The thieves that rip it off will have to make a lot more noise and move 
a lot more bulk than the ones that go after catalytic converters.

Catalytic converter theft doesn't seem to be a thing in Sydney. I 
certainly don't see an alarmist reports in the local newspapers or on TV.

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney


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