Magnet wire is a thin, solid-core conductor that has a clear coating of enamel. This enamel acts as an electrical insulator. The usual way to strip away the enamel and reveal the shiny copper ...

According to Arizona scrap yard websites, stripped copper wire can fetch up to $3.50 per pound. However, Keane believes the thieves likely made little profit from the damage. "There's miles and ...

A months old Louisville task force, focused on investigating copper wire thefts ... was going to “bring him drugs and pick up the wire to strip” it. Police also interviewed Jasmin Becker ...

They say one was caught on surveillance camera “cutting a section of copper wire from the Portal Machine at Love Park,” the department said in a March 4 news release. The group stole the ...

Chugach Electric Association this month issued a statement advising the public about copper wire being stripped from substations and utility poles. “Thieves are compromising the safety and ...