rickbartlett

someone i know has tapped in to one rite by his front window

1.9 xr2 on 40's

truble is you only have to follow the wire and you're cuffed, and where i live i'd need a 5.2 mile extension

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

thought bout that ,



id hide it !!!


pmsl

Benni

From the bulb, right in through the bedroom window.

zetaboostboy522bhp

here you go bad lad ! take the front of the lamp post off and there should be a fuse unit with a live and neutral in the bottom , thats the feed , pull the fuse unit out ( it will now be dead at the top (not the bottom )and connect your cables in at the top with the existing cables and dont forget the earth . when you refit the fuse unit it will now be live at all times (top and bottom)as the cables at the top feed the dusk till dawn sensor then to the light so its switching through the sensor . just to make sure take a multimeter with you for your own safety.


p.s the information given is believed to be true but iam not being held responable or liable for prosecution , death or electric shocks

many thanks paul

focusv8

Run it in to an empty garage near to yours and then put a socket on the outside of it for any one to use.

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bbspolo

Now thats a good idear!!!!!!!!!!

focusv8

The fuse will only be 2 amp, so you will have to put in a decent size nail to upgrade it.

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-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

im going to go have another look tomorrow see exactly where the closest light is , were i would run the wire ect ,

ill update this tomorrow lol ,


or youll all be getting invites to the funeral pmsl

RSmark84

Cant help you here beefy, but on a lighter note i think i know your RS you recently brought, saw the pic in FF and recognised it straight away.

focusv8

You may get your name in lights then...........

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zetaboostboy522bhp

oh yeah forgot about that

zetaboostboy522bhp

find a street lamp near to grass if you can then drill a 8mm hole in the bottom of the lamp post as far down to the base as possible (but watch the cable inside ) and run a 3 core 2.5mm flex out and dig a little channel in the grass lay it down the cover it up jobs a fish
p.s if you wear a vissy vest you will look like a maintance man fixing the lamp post
oh dont forget the helmet and fake tash ()

godrikki

worked on street lighting for a few years could be live all the time but sometimes you find that 1 light turns the rest on if its live all the time there will be a sensor on the top of the light looks like a nipple.also take into consideration that although it may only be 240 volts it aint gonna just be 13 amps like your house prob more like 100 and remember a pair of marigolds aint gonna stop you gettin a shock and its amps that kill not volts.but if you decide to go ahead then as said above take fuse out and put your wires in top remember and connect the neutral(plain copper wires that run round the outside of live and earth)best of luck please dont kill yourself and if you do im not responsible ps if you pm me il get you a diagram

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

ohh really ??? pm me fella

beef

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Ha ha i can remeber you telling me this story.

Glenn_

iTrader: (1)

Beefy your bloody mad mate lol.

1.9 xr2 on 40's

mud then grass seed, give it a month and nobody will know

Benni

Rab

I wonder if he's in A+E yet?

andy escos

iTrader: (1)

deffo pay neighbour to use theres its safer in every way beef

doctor stavros

I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that you would get the square root of about fuck all power from a single lamp post, and would have to tap into about 7 of them to get a 'useable' amount of power. Its just not worth it mate

ronf42

iTrader: (2)

I have let a neighbour use power from my house to power his 2 garages out of the back door.
In return, he gave me a 6mx3m garage worth Ł1000 for free and pays the council the rent money for the garage plot too which is worth Ł100 per year

alo

Sort it out ya gypo

leecavturbo

you are

BigErn

And exactly why was Steve in the bathroom with you while you were in your boxxers in the bath??

charlie luciano

iTrader: (3)

Ello,ello,ello what an odd question, seting up a grow room?


Luciano

Rob..

Come on Beef update time

fuzzy

take a bulb out of your house and stick your finger in the socket. can you feel the power ?

2224v

Wasn't it Beefy who was complaining that this country was turning to shit with all the thieving no good sponging wastes of life?

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

The more safer option really would be to contact the people in the houses nearby, see if you can come to an agreement to wire your garage off their house, stick in a seperate meter or even a coin meter!

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

not iirc , ( but you prob quote me from that post )

i said this countrys turned to shit and the fact ive spent time in the usa , id much rather live there


no update as yet , tbh iw was more a suggestion than im actually setting out to do it , been down blueoval all day so not even been near my garage lol


i may go have another looksy round , possably chat to the neighbours


beef

doctor stavros

thats a 13 amp mains feed. i thought street lamps were super duper low energy sodium jobbies

bigchez

Why not tax a few drain covers and weigh them in as scrap to save up for the rapidily impending fine

This has to be the worst plan I've EVER heard. And that includes my mate that wanted me to be his getaway driver when he planned to steal and then ransom back a few penguins from dudley zoo.

-beefy-

iTrader: (6)

afpmsl

quality fella

lol i simply put it up as a what if chez ,


although i may go steal a baby elephant , ransom that bk and it should pay for a deecent genarator

RSmark84

i hear its a false alarm, the small pic in the mag looked just like the one notroubleclubber had, he bent the slam panel in the exact place as yous is. i understand you have both spoken. Shame as it was only a 2 owner car.

vikingboy

there used to be a lamp post near me thats cover was hanging off, had a peek inside and was surprised to find a standard 4-gang extension block with a standard plug on it running to the top!
Might be as simple as just plugging your kettle in!

Benni

Plugging a kettle in isn't so simple for Beefy.

Dub604

There was a guy who worked for S&T on the railway, he was renting a flat above a railway station. He decided to tap the railway signal and use that to run power to his flat. It worked well untill there were some problems in that area and the guy who responded to it saw the cable running from the signal to his window and............ you can guess the rest......

Oranoco

I'm currently a street lighting engineer for the local authority in Hertfordshire.

Most lighting columns are swithced through the use of a photocell on the lantern body which turns the light on when the lighting levels drop to 70lux (iirc). Some however are what we term as group switched and there will be a 5m or so high column with the photocell on that. The whole circuit remains dead until the photocell switches everything on.

Street lights are 240v and fed either from a private network (authority owned) or connected straight to electricity boards cable.

If you pinch power from the electricity company they will come after you and so will your local authority.

Not worth it imho and you may put any maintenace engineer at risk by tapering with the cutout.