-- Garage Security --

[tonydanzah]

i had the same situation at my rented shop, got to know the neighbors on both sides, gave them a run down of who was 'spose to be there, and a couple of business cards with home, work, personal cell, & work cell numbers.
told em to call 911 1st, and me 2nd 24/7. i'd rather get a call at 2 am, and it be a false alarm, then to find my tools missing.

did the insurance end up covering your shop that was broken into?

 

[BioHazard]

The neighbors lose interest after a few false alarms.

Yeah, that's why I want one so obnoxiously loud that they can't ignore it.

Does anybody know where I can buy a surplus train horn?

 

[crewchief888]

did the insurance end up covering your shop that was broken into?

i got almost everything back, missing a couple wrenches and sockets, maybe $50 @ sears. hell maybe they were missing before who knows
all the stuff is back in my garage at home now.

 

[69CHARGERMD]

I perfer to catch the punks. So my sensors are connected to an three cameras inside and two outside that record when activated. I also like to set them up to be ID'd through various "hot spots" in the building before three alarms go off. Chemicals are employed to help ID the bad guys and if I am home at the time of the B&E and everything works right I will have time to disable thier vehicle (if used) and set up a interesting ambush which invovles deadly force if escalated.

The best part is that since I live in the boonies of Arkansas and own a backhoe, in about 1/2 hour I can have the whole messy issue buried 15 ft below the ground.

I mean hey, if you are going to go to all this trouble, you might as well make it fun for yourself!

I like that,,,,too funny

 

[Diverbill45]

A friend of mine was having a problem with break ins to his fab shop. He solved the problem by installing an old air raid siren in the rafters in the celling. He sat it up on a 30 second delay motion detector, so that the thieves would be well inside the shop, before it would do it's thing. It is also set up on a different circuit, so that if the thieves were smart enough to trip the main breaker in the shop, it wouldn't shut off the power to the siren. The power came from the main power supply from another building near to the shop.

Since the installation, it has gone off once, nothing was stolen and the thieves were caught.

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Yeah, that's why I want one so obnoxiously loud that they can't ignore it.

Does anybody know where I can buy a surplus train horn?

Try an old air raid siren. When you hear it go off, break out the AR-15 and pretend it's 1941 and the Jap's just invaded your garage.

 

[driptruck]

My house was broke into through the garage window. Now I have a motion detector in the garage and it works great. I also installed a siren on the outside of the garage relitively low and if you take it off the house alarm goes off. I also installed camers and I believe this is the best deterant. If someone wants in they are coming in but maybe not if they see the cameras. I am also installing D-rings in m new concrete floor so i can cable chain my hotrods to. The key is to make everthing as much of a pain for them, and cutting a 3/4" chain under a low car is a pain but only takes 3 seconds to unlock for me. Tools can be replaced but the time I have into my cars cannot!

 

[kierin]

Heh, thats an idea... I just pictured the train horn setup off my truck connected to the air compressor system. If you got an alarm use the external siren output to trigger the solenoid valve.

By the time they got up off the floor and got the **** out of their pants you could be there to greet them with the 9mm, 40, or 45 of your choice...

Well if they are real train horns, then they are stolen, so when the cops show up you can go to jail with the guy that broke into your place.

 

[rodm1]

Electric dead bolt.



http://www.homeandpersonalsecurity.com/electronicdeadboltwithrelockfeature.aspx

 

[caper]

Truck air horns work just as good as train horns-I have two.