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scovegner
2009-01-06, 17:57
So a while ago I 'found' a spanner key, triangular socket thing to open those electrical boxes, been doing some interesting stuff with it ..

Recently noticed those electrical enclosures on the side of the road that I can easily open with the spanner key, inside there'll be another box to open with it and in there is a load of breakers, shut-off switches etc .. pretty cool just to be able to turn all the lights off for a whole road (although the ones by cycle paths are 'better' as they'll stay like that for longer and people won't notice as quickly), and most of the times I've done it that's all I'll do, maybe pull out a few wires ..

But, I'm thinking I could profit off these, if I isolate it with the main cutoff switch then unscrew/detach all the breakers and relays, put em in my bag and then sell em up on ebay I could make a decent bit of profit from it while fucking with people's 'security' ;) .. I am confident with electricity and know all the safety precautions etc to take with it, so that's not a problem.

Thing is, it'd take at least half an hour, probably more, to strip out all the electrics and that's a decent time to be seen by someone; even at 3am there'll be a car going past every ten minutes or something, and all the boxes even for the cycle paths etc are right beside the road ..
I think I have a hardhat/fluorescent jacket somewhere so playing the role of a technician could be possible as long as people don't see my face; still only 16 and most people say I look about 16/17..

Just thought I'd put that down on paper, I'll see what I can do ..


TLDR Fucking about with the boxes that control the traffic lights, switching off etc, thinking I could go and strip out all the electrics from inside and then sell them on ebay etc, looking for tips on how not to get caught..

LSA King
2009-01-06, 18:16
Well dress the part and you should be fine. It will be much easier too since you know the roll if anyone asks you what your doing you can say something they don't understand.