Arrested for ''abstracting electricity''
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Or just carry an emergency backup battery and/or solar charger.
not really theres not that many sockets and only one person can us it at a time.
they're old trains or usually have the seats lined along the walls like tube trains./
also they have some thing against people using their phones apparently people in London voted against having wifi on the tube trains as they thought it would make congestion worse with everyone being on their phone...as if they arnt anyway.
especially given that any reasonable sized EMP device is explosively pumped and would blow the plane to a billion pieces.
Soldato
You're comparing a long distance train to a commuter train which only goes on short journeys. Even regional commuter trains do not usually have plug sockets, certainly not on the Windsor to Waterloo line or Maidenhead to Paddington. But you are never on them for more than 50 minutes.
Man of Honour
No. Loads of sockets though
... and plenty of free current on the line.
Expecting to read a story about a man with two crocodile clips, now that would have been a shocking story.
Standard clause in our contracts of employment. No private mobiles or pads to be charged up at work. Nobody enforcers it though. I just said that's fine, don't expect me to answer myrivate mobile when one of my bosses rings me on it then.
Caporegime
Although I don't think lots of money is involved in staff or public plugging in chargers the bigger risk is a problem relating the the device they are plugging in, cheep ebay charger or broken wire causing issues. Businesses have to have gear electrically safety tested.
Thinking you have some sort of right to use any plug you see is just plain wrong.
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Nobody really cares about 'using the electric' - many trains have power sockets provided for customer use. The reason why some sockets are not for public use - and are always marked as such - is because they are unregulated supplies prone to voltage spikes and other problems when the train is in use. They are provided for cleaning purposes when the train is at a depot.
I suspect this guy was less than understanding when asked not to use it and the PCSO didn't know the reason why the socket was marked 'Not for Public Use'.
So, one rude member of the public and one PCSO asking somebody not to use a socket = one ridiculous media circus about being arrested for stealing electricity
I suspect this guy was less than understanding when asked not to use it and the PCSO didn't know the reason why the socket was marked 'Not for Public Use'.
So, one rude member of the public and one PCSO asking somebody not to use a socket = one ridiculous media circus about being arrested for stealing electricity
A local suburban train that makes stops every 3-4 minutes and which people are not on for very long? It doesn't even have seating arranged in rows let alone power sockets..
I wonder why a train from London to Glasgow might have power sockets yet one from Stratford to Hackney Wick might not
Next you'll be asking why the plane from Newquay to the Isles of Scilly hasn't got IFE, because an Emirates flight to Dubai does after all.
Soldato
There are also employers who don't want any old junk Chinese charger or connected battery plugged into their office electrics, risking fire.
As i recall the thing about "Abstacting" electricity is that it was concluded in legal argument that you cant actually steal electricity.
(The electrons that come down one wire go back up the other)
So it was decided that the offence was to be "Abstaction" IE causing unauthorised current flows (Or current flows that you had no entitlement to make).
I have always wondered why this old law has not been used in "Hacking" cases, since although the current flows are likely to be small in most cases they are definitely unauthorised!
(The electrons that come down one wire go back up the other)
So it was decided that the offence was to be "Abstaction" IE causing unauthorised current flows (Or current flows that you had no entitlement to make).
I have always wondered why this old law has not been used in "Hacking" cases, since although the current flows are likely to be small in most cases they are definitely unauthorised!
Associate
A few times I've used those sockets, but have always asked the guard first. Not once have they said no.
Soldato
"An artist has criticised police after he was arrested for using a plug socket on a train to charge his iPhone."
*Looks at picture*
Yeah... can't say I'm surprised, look at him, he's so edgy and cool, especially in his retro black and white picture and "quirky" hat!
Probably trotted out the "freeman of the land" spiel as well!
*Looks at picture*
Yeah... can't say I'm surprised, look at him, he's so edgy and cool, especially in his retro black and white picture and "quirky" hat!
Probably trotted out the "freeman of the land" spiel as well!
Would be lol if somebody tried to plug something else into it that wasn't 110v compatible and blew it up
Screw the congestion - the issue is having to listen to a bunch of ******** phonecalls when stuck on a Tube which is already unpleasant enough an experience. It's bad enough when on a bus and some annoying person is talking loudly into their phone.
Associate
i only rarely use trains but it has never once occurred to me that the sockets were off limits, i rather assumed they were put there for my benefit in all honesty.