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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-t ... l-20463857

Shocking :P
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
Quote:
Sheriff Way asked: "I don't quite understand - how does one culpably and recklessly produce electricity?"

So why is he being held?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
He's being held because he's accused of doing something which could significantly injure himself and/or others. Whether that's true or not is up to a court to decide. The fact what he was doing was 'producing electricity' isn't the issue.
I think it's harsh to keep him in custody but if he's been dumb enough to tell them he'll carry on doing it if they let him out then that's what they're going to do.
Author:  HeatherKay [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 9:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
Quote:
Fiscal depute Laura Bruce said: "The Crown's position is that he had this man-made assembly in his house suspended from the ceiling by thin ropes.

"There was a car battery and cans of petrol nearby."


So, the stuff that makes electricity "safely" isn't man-made? :?
Author:  davrosG5 [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
it sounds like his apparatus was a bit of a fire risk and was perhaps not the best thing to have in the middle of a block of flats so I can sort of see a public safety case but they could presumably have confiscated his equipment and banned him from purchasing more as a condition of his bail.
Author:  JJW009 [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
If it was just transformers and batteries, then I don't see any problem. However... there was petrol too. Was he running an engine in his flat? That's a Carbon Monoxide risk.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
JJW009 wrote:
If it was just transformers and batteries, then I don't see any problem. However... there was petrol too. Was he running an engine in his flat? That's a Carbon Monoxide risk.

There aren't many ways to generate any useful amount of electricity in a flat that don't involve a motor of some sort. I'm sorry but the bloke sounds daft and petrol and electricity and daft person, in a block of flats? if I was his neighbour I'd want it stopped.

Jon
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Nov 24, 2012 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dundee man accused of 'recklessly producing electricity'
Well having petrol indoors is crazy, but that should be enough to have the petrol removed. Also would a car battery be able to ignite petrol? I would have thought it would have needed boosting via a capacitor and spark plug to make it ignite.
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