Yes, so far we haven't had and damage or losses but now that we have evidence of trespassers, I think it is a good time to beef up security by moving cameras to better locations and finding a better lock for our sea container and stop in for security check more frequently.
Anyone with advice on lock systems or other methods of securing our property and materials please let us know.
Thanks
Sam
A few night shots
I have two containers and they are locked with well protected discus locks. It would take massive force to defeat them. Unfortunately, anyone with a Makita 4 inch cordless grinder could make their own big door in the side of a container in a few minutes. A small set of O-A bottles like the HVAC guys use with a little cutting torch could get them access in a minute.
An alarm system can be set up to alert you via cell phone to activity at our site and you can view the video remotely to see if it is wild critters or thieves or looky lous if you can get a phone line to the site or if you have WIFI capability there. Video surveillance software is available that monitors a video picture from inexpensive cameras for changes that meet your detection criteria. A steady or extremely slowly changing picture does not set off the system but let someone walk through the picture and it triggers. You can be notified by cell phone. If you can get a phone connection you can be notified by email and can remotely view the video to see who or what is loose on your property.
Construction sites in general are the epitome of attractive nuisances and are at least targets for looky lous in general if not thieves in particular. People are drawn to them and your site, since it is NON-STANDARD is a powerful attention getter.
I don't feel entirely comfortable suggesting booby traps as nthings tend to get out of control BUT... I once combined the following easily obtained equipment into a deterrent system that trained folks to keep their dogs out of my front yard and the postmen to not traverse the middle of the lawn instead of the sidewalk.
One each cheap Infra-Red motion detecting security light, one rain bird sprinkler, a garden hose, and the water control solenoid valve from a junked dishwasher. You let the IR detector turn on the water valve instead of a light bulb. Set the security light unit into the TEST position so that the photo cell is disabled and the unit will activate during daylight or night hours.
In the test position these units will typically turn on until motion is no longer detected and then shut off about 10 seconds later. This will not waste much water, or whatever it is that is in the hose. If you don't have water under pressure available a bladder tank such as you use on a well or other pressure vessel and a tank for compressed air will git 'er done.
There are sites that sell booby traps to which you fit trip wires to fire the blank 12 ga shotgun shell you load them with. handy if there is anyone to respond to the noise, otherwise it is interesting to speculate as to the effect but... A few years ago these were about $2.50 each and of course are re-loadable.
I personally like pyrotechnics and my personal FAV is charges to disperse strong dye or paint onto vehicles or personnel but you may not want to start a war with some relatively innocent looky lous just attracted to a non standard and interesting construction site. They might be some of your neighbors to be.
Pat
