Stolen supercharger breakers

[iwannam3]

Breakers at the Supercharger in the Dalles Oregon were stolen. Is this a thing? What is the market for high volt, high amp breakers? Indoor pot farms? the Salmon Creek Supercharger was off line after startup due to a defective breaker and it was a couple of months before it was back on line. Is there a shortage of this type of breaker?

 

[Rocky_H]

That seems to be going around in Oregon. The Baker City Supercharger was down for a week or two from its breakers being stolen too. In that one, it wasn't just the Supercharger. The Maurice's store nearby also had large commercial breakers stolen from it too. This thread has a few items about it. It also mentions about cost value that just the breakers from the Supercharger was about $12,000 worth.

Supercharger — Baker City, OR

$22,000 in damages to electrical panels - Elkhorn Media Group

 

[iwannam3]

Looks like a market on eBay, around $8,000 for a big 480 volt 3 phase breaker. At some point there will be a meth head copper thief moving up market and stealing their first one and just leaving a sooty mark on the cabinet and pavement.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article192209909.html

Square D NHL361200 main breaker 1200 amp 480 volt 3 phase with lugs | eBay

 

[leonar40]

Wow, quick way to kill yourself for a few bucks!!

 

[iwannam3]

Wow, quick way to kill yourself for a few bucks!!

Meth's a hell of a drug!

 

[HappyDude]

This is why we can’t have nice things

 

[kayak1]

Just wait for them to start to figure out how much the transformers costs, as the breakers are chump change compared to the cost of the transformers:
Larson Electronics - 1000 kVA Pad Mount Transformer - 13800V Delta Primary - 480Y/277 Wye Secondary - Oil Cooled