• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Is this really true? Pipes, heat exchangers and motors all have lots of copper. Why would a camera have a lot of copper in it?

    Google is not being helpful and just returning results of this meme. There is a story out of Houston implying they do not have a lot of copper. And a story out of Honolulu that’s pretty ambiguous.

    You’d think they basically just be a digital camera, a big lens, power supply, hardwired internet. So I mean I guess you could just cut and harvest the power line, but that will eventually lead down the pole and into concrete. The internet line is apparently fiber optic in many cases.

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      5 months ago

      Definitely, I would be shocked if there’s more than a pound of copper in that camera assembly. It’s all low voltage electronics.