In message , Max Henry
writes
That sounds like an urban myth, bus bulbs are hardly likely to be 240v
are they?

But the people stealing them might not be that likely to realise that.

I once worked with a German TV crew making a documentary on a suburban
housing estate in Coventry. Towards the end of the day, their camera
was stolen. It was of no use whatsoever in a domestic situation but
I'm pretty certain that it wasn't stolen to order for TV work! Rather,
someone thought that they'd stumbled on a "big camcorder".......
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

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