The EVSEs could be modified to continuously check continuity to the car connector, and upon a break immediately call home and to police. Might just be a programming change.
On September 1, 2014 3:45:30 PM CDT, Dennis Miles via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> Note that using steel cable and even getting somewhat close to the >same >> resistance would make the cable several times heavier and stiffer, so >> much more difficult to handle. (using steel cable) > That is why I suggest the steel wire be used only for the signal >wires which only have milliamperes of current so that is not a >problem. The power conductors made of stranded aluminum with copper >coating is actually lighter than pure copper, and being stranded, it >is as flexible as the insulating sheath covering all the wires as a >cable. The several extra strands of steel cable are to impede cutting >the cables to make the thief take longer, perhaps a sign advising the >EVSE cable is the internally armored type and contains no pure copper >wire suitable for salvage. (Applying the same concept as advertising >to inhibit burglary used by 'Alarm" companies with their 'yard signs' >and 'window stickers' stating the home or business are protected by >alarms.) > >On 9/1/14, Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >> On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ><ev@lists.evdl.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Note that using steel cable and even getting somewhat close to the >same >>> resistance would make the cable several times heavier and stiffer, >so >>> much more difficult to handle. >> >> First, this isn't at all a problem limited to EV charging. Anybody >know >> what's done in other situations to stop copper theft? >> >> Next, what about alloys that contaminate the copper or reduce its >content in >> ways that make it undesirable? Or, steel-clad copper that's >presumably >> resistant to cutting? >> >> And, of course, much of this is because of the value in scrap copper >> combined with the anonymity of "recycling" operations. Some sort of >> regulation might be called for, but I don't know how to pull that >off. >> >> A part of me likes the idea of energizing the wires, but, >fortunately, I'm >> old enough to keep my ten-year-old inner child out of the >decision-making >> process? >> >> b& >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: signature.asc >> Type: application/pgp-signature >> Size: 801 bytes >> Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail >> URL: >> ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140901/815dbf5f/attachment.pgp> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > > >-- > > >Dennis Lee Miles > >(*evprofes...@evprofessor.com <evprofes...@evprofessor.com>)* > >* Founder: **EV Tech. Institute Inc.* > >*Phone #* *(863) 289-0690 (12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern US Time)* > >*Educating yourself, does not mean you were **stupid; it means, you are >intelligent enough, **to know, that there is plenty left to learn!* > >* You Tube Video link: http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss ><http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss> * >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140901/62667e75/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
