"Our community right now is just being ravaged by this group that's stealing copper," The cameras captured the suspects using a grinder to cut several wires from poles, before putting the copper ...

Xcel Energy spokesman Tom Hoen said thieves are starting to target the copper ground wires attached to the company’s poles throughout Minneapolis. The wires are on every Xcel Energy pole, Hoen said.

The magnetic field from the coil induces an opposite field in the copper ring that is out of phase ... This is often referred to as a shaded pole, and the same technique can help AC motors self ...