Post #1327641
2026-04-17 21:48 UTC
An #electrician from #Farnborough SE #England and his #apprentice had their #tools nicked from the van when working in #London
Amongst the items nicked are specialist test equipment - which is not only pricey but only of use to other electricians - you have to know how to use it!
I think there's a bleaker aspect to this - its likely *other* tradesmen buying the "cheap" stolen tools at car boot sales and maybe even commercial rivals targeting vans of those working "out of area"
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2026-04-17/electricians-livelihood-in-jeopardy-after-10000-of-tools-stolen-from-van
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@vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de 2026-04-17 22:07
this is why every night I haul 30kg of kit bags out of my car and don't leave anything valuable looking in there, even if I have to walk 50 metres with all the bags and make multiple trips. Thankfully my more desirable power tools are kept in a secure room at my workplace (as I'm either working on cars in the yard or the building itself), if I do any side jobs on other sites I keep my tools in non-obvious bags and as I'm not wiring whole buildings don't need to carry too much with me..