Is this a joke?

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BJ Conner

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It cost $50k and is danger possibly electrocuting soldiers! I had to go back and watch the viedo and see if it was KBR that was making and selling the thing.
M2s don't really injure any one. About the 51 cal. Its been 44 years since I heard this story but the Russian 12.47 machine has a cartridge just a hair bigger than the 50 BMG. They could capture and use our ammo we couldn't do likewise.
 

kwired

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Even if it works as designed, it would only work on triplex service drops. Typical service drops in the Middle East are separate insulated wires, not triplex with a bare neutral. They would also be 230V to ground, so a device that works in the USA wouldn't help much in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Not all triplex service drops are 120/240 volts either.

When you're lugging a 50-cal full-auto around, you can pretty much do what you please. :cool:

You could shoot the attachment of the overhead drop and get it down to a level easier to attach the tapping device:grin:


Another thought - how do they remove these devices when they are done with them or are they a one time $50,000 expenditure?
 

rattus

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What if?

What if?

What if they shorted hot to neutral or hot to hot? That would draw a bit of attention; it would literally blow their cover!
 

jim dungar

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From the video, it appears these are designed to be used on 2-wire services, not the 3-wire we have in the US. It looks like it would not even work on a triplex conductor.

The device is pulled into place, so it can probably be pulled off also.
 

480sparky

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The blade looks small enough that for most service drop sizes, it would only make contact with only one conductor at a time. To complete the circuit, you merely clip onto a ground.... the meter socket, the ground wire, ground rod......
 

jim dungar

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The blade looks small enough that for most service drop sizes, it would only make contact with only one conductor at a time. To complete the circuit, you merely clip onto a ground.... the meter socket, the ground wire, ground rod......
The body of the device is supposed to make contact with the uninsulated conductor.
 

LEO2854

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Not all triplex service drops are 120/240 volts either.



You could shoot the attachment of the overhead drop and get it down to a level easier to attach the tapping device:grin:


Another thought - how do they remove these devices when they are done with them or are they a one time $50,000 expenditure?

They get a Bucket truck:grin:
 
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