So you're thinking about stealing electricity for your grow. Read this first.

thats crazy I guess stealing power is out of the question. I thought about it before but I can't do it here anyway the power line is visible all the way to the meter. but damn 450 plants no wonder he got caught poor dumb bastard. no way they won't find out with that much power loss. guy probally never even harvested yet atleast. now hes going to spend atleast 10 years probally more weed should be legal but that guy was trying to go way to big must have been shooting for a million dollars.

stealing the power is so stupid. jus set up the account, and dont pay it for a couple months. 3 months? should be able to get 3 months out of the power company easy.

at one point, in a 8 month period I made one payment to the light company. that would of easily been 2 harvests. then pay the bill.... fukr..

With minimal payments and phone begging, I bet you could stretch that to 4 months.

450 marijuana plants

would have yielded around 100 pounds of the illegal drug

was he using cfl's?

Stupid is as stupid does, and stealing power has got to be one of the stupidest things.

As others have said numerous times....don't do anything illegal, while you're doing something illegal.

Originally Posted by smokinrav

Cops: Man stole electricity to run grow house

By Alexis Stevens

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
11:34 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012
By splicing into an underground power line, a man renting a Cobb County home was able to steal the electricity needed to run an elaborate marijuana grow house, police said.
Officers first went to the Austell-area home on Ling Drive to investigate a report from GreyStone Power Corp. of electricity theft, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the AJC. Electricity had been stolen since at least May 25, the power company told police. The dollar value of the power allegedly stolen was not available.
While executing a search warrant at the home, investigators found approximately 450 marijuana plants growing, the warrant states.
"The plants were in various stages of growth," Cobb County police Officer Mike Bowman told the AJC.
The plants were separated,based on their stage of growth, and grouped together with similar-sized plants, Bowman said.
The street value of one pound of marijuana is around $1,000, and officers believe the plants in the home would have yielded around 100 pounds of the illegal drug, the warrant states.
The home's renter, Dung Hoang, 42, was arrested at his actual residence in Lithia Springs and charged with numerous counts including manufacturing marijuana, drug trafficking and marijuana possession, all felonies, according to booking records. Hoang was also charged with theft of services and interference with a public utility, jail records showed.
Hoang set up water and power accounts for the rented home, and there was mail at the house with his name on it, according to police.
He was arrested late Friday and was being held Wednesday night without bond, jail records showed.
The power company did not respond Wednesday to a request for information regarding the case.


Find this article at:http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/cops-ma...y-1476383.html

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That's just over six weeks between the theft of power and the search warrant being served. I don't know about you, but I can't get a harvest in in less than seven weeks....

they trace loss in line
when someone post here asking how to steal power i advice them to'' fuck off u fucking thief''
they should ban them just like pot rippers
fucking scum make rest of us look bad

I agree 100%

I'm happy about power metering technology in this one way only.

Not even close to being worth it smh