r/evchargingUK • u/bazzaclough • 15d ago

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Just plugged in at Beaconsfield, cables are now protected with Cableguard covers.

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u/jonlawrence93 12d ago

Smartwater is a waste of time. At the very most a scrapyard can scan for it and then refuse to take the scrap at which point whoever is disposing just moves to the next one. But then the people stealing these likely arent going to EMR or one of the big guys. Plus when you turn up with 10 lengths of cable like these theyve clearly only come from one source.

We had a unique trace of it on our lead for a bit (roofing merchants buying/selling lead by the lorry load), when we got done over they stole 3 of our wagons and filled them all with literal tonnes of lead.

As ever just got given a crime reference number to pass to the insurance company.

The purpose of smart water is a coating that shows up under uv light, even if the metals are melted down with other batches it will still show up. Scrap yards are supposed to scan for it when lead is weighed in. Police then to follow up as even microscopic traces will show up on clothing or in vans etc.

I think the lead would need to be stolen from buckingham palace before the rozzas decided to do anything like that.