[ale] ZoneMinder

[Jim Kinney]

Um. Probably not legal but put a plywood insulator under the AC unit and
connect the 220 line to the freon tube inside the building. Post a warning
notice of "Shock Hazard - Do Not Touch".

More legal: put up a 6' high chain link fence, mark it as electric and get
the 5 mile electric fence power supply. Be sure to use concertina wire
around the top.

Get a dog. A LOUD LARGE dog. Get the dog a buddy. That one should be the
large, silent, FAST type.

2008/7/24 Ned Williams <nedj10 at gmail.com>:

> not to go off topic but sometimes low tech works wonders:
>
> 1- mig welder
>
> 2- 72 feet of rebar
>
> 3- 16 T-55 Grade 8 Security TORX bolts with matching nut.
>
> A simple cage for the condenser units should make it enough of a pain to
> get at the copper that a simple motion detection system of any form could
> alert authorities before they could get the cage off.
>
> Unless of course they carry an angle grinder with them in which case a VERY
> notable sound will be made trying to get your security measures out of the
> way.
>
>
> just a thought,
> Ned
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Thompson Freeman <
> tfreeman at intel.digichem.net> wrote:
>
>> On 07/24/2008 01:18:40 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
>> > Jeff Hubbs wrote:
>> > > Just to interject here...what's more important to your father,
>> > > preventing his HVAC system from being pilfered or taking video of
>> > the
>> > > people who did it?
>> > >
>> >
>> > Insurance will cover the system but he would be interested in ways of
>> > prevention if you have suggestions.  The HVAC ppl said he could put a
>> > pressure alarm on the system but the thieves can get away with the
>> > copper in about 15 minutes and it would do little good.
>> >
>>
>>
>> Ok - First lets admit that with respect to security alarms etc I
>> probably don't know what I'm babbling about.
>>
>> That said - video monitoring with recording provides some weak
>> deterrence, and can provide evidence for prosecution (if you get lucky)
>> assuming sufficient lighting.
>>
>> With respect to lighting, I have a friend who self-installed a video
>> monitoring system looking for a neighbor's pitbulls which keep getting
>> out of their pen. The attached IR illumination is _limited_ on his
>> equipment, so you may want to look for some floodlamps either in the
>> visible or IR.
>>
>> Joining the the pressure alarm with a motion monitoring system may be
>> resistant enough to false alarms to justify a local horn or sound
>> alarm, which would slightly increase the deterrence value of the
>> system. Alternatively, or in addition, triggering a strobe might both
>> have a deterrent effect and improve the odds of a good solid picture
>> being captured.
>>
>> And now to get admittedly weird: I think motion (the program set) has
>> the ability to localize moving bodies in the image. Use that ability to
>> trigger a targeting laser and potentially scare any miscreants half to
>> death. There are probably legal consequences however.
>>
>> Again, there are probably legal consequences, but years ago an auto
>> repair outfit got tired of thieves just shooting the guard dog, and
>> hired three or four rattlesnakes. Stopped intrusions in their tracks.
>> Unfortunately, one of the snakes wound up hibernating in a tire instead
>> of going in their daytime tank after the evenings guard duty. Pet
>> snakes might make decent guard animals tho...
>>
>> Hope this doesn't represent too much noise on the list. YMMV of course.
>>
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