Ways to save on electricity
Controllers often notice that the population is trying to steal electricity by inventing more and more new ways. As soon as they expose the most accessible variants of theft, folk craftsmen come up with new ones.
Here are just some ways of hidden energy consumption.
Of course, it's easy to join the neighboring network and rejoice in someone else's energy in the apartment, while neighbors do not guess about fraud. But this is not suitable for everyone, so you can take as an extraneous source of lighting the entrance. We take the wire( the main thing is invisible) and also unobtrusively connect it in parallel to the wiring of the entrance.
The second method is often called the third-party zero. This method is possible provided that a Soviet counter, induction or disk, is used. If as a zero to take a metal corner hammered into the ground, then the disk counter will not perform revolutions, which means it will not count electricity. But here there is a caution: you can not take as a zero battery, because it can be shocked throughout the riser when touched by a good conductor. Not for nothing that the PUE categorically does not allow grounding facilities to be used by the working zero. Each break with grounding is a huge threat to human life.
Another way: phase and zero ahead of the counter. All saw the seals on electricity meters installed to ensure that the user was unable to independently perform the opening of the indicator shell and did not make wires around them. Therefore, to carry out this type of connection, remove the insulation from the wire that goes to the meter and carefully attach to it the wires that go to it, isolate them in the place of twisting and let them into the apartment. Unsafe can only be a short circuit when twisting the wires.
The fourth way is to stop or freeze the counter's turns. But here you need to consider the type of meter, the durability of its work and where it is located. So this method is used only by each according to his counter and his own invention.
Another option of theft, is the winding of the readings. Also, different options are used for each type of meter. There is also a mechanical stop of the counter. In the case of the old disk counter, the mechanism can be stopped without a complicated self-made stop. But here the main thing is not to break the counter. And most importantly, any inspector who is not even experienced, with this kind of theft, to discover it is very easy.
The outage of the meter can also serve as an excellent variant of theft. Millet do not rush to report this to the power supply. And a few days to enjoy free electricity, and then you can also report a breakdown. External stimuli on the counter. Here you can consider the many options offered to us on the Internet at different prices. Consider the principles of the most common. Let's start with a neodymium magnet. If the magnet is brought to the old counter, it is possible to completely stop the meter or to stop it. External influence can also be called increased humidity, it can actively reduce the correctness of the meter. And this will make it possible to steal energy in the apartment. Modern counters on electronics are more tolerant of all kinds of interference and conditions, although electronics also has its drawbacks. But it is not known in which direction the change in the error of such actions will go.
There is a connection to a power line with low voltage. They are often used in the private sector. Simply enough, you combine two wires from yourself to phase and zero, the lines that transmit the voltage, and you have so much needed 220V.But for practicality you need to climb the pole of power lines, which is not very pleasant for the consumer, this is not specializing. Also worried about safety and security, this theft is very easy to notice both to neighbors and the relevant authorities.
More than a simple method of stealing electricity, provided that it begins to feed it to an object or dwelling. It's a variety of hidden wires, buying a counter that's easy to cheat and so on.
Ground wire
How to lay the cable in the ground to the house in detail look at the video.
What is threatened for theft of electricity
Electricity is stolen in many ways, including by stopping the electric motor, as in the video on the adjacent
tab. In case of detection of theft of electricity by the controlling services, the dishonest master is threatened with administrative or even criminal liability( depending on the value of the stolen state property).At best, it will be fine, and, as a rule, rather big. They can disconnect from the power supply network a house or an enterprise that tried to save money on electricity bills illegally. In especially large amounts, the stolen energy can cause the articles to cause more serious punishment of the responsible persons.
