Shipping container security

[dumper]

The only person they will get is you at some point you will forget to disarm

[Paddy1000111]

Just now, dumper said:

The only person they will get is you at some point you will forget to disarm

Well, I was thinking of this pin pulling system which would just be a switch. You can get 12V delay timers on ebay for pennies. Wire in a buzzer and a ~6 second delay I think

[dumper]

The thought of you forgetting to disarm is already making me smile

 

[Paddy1000111]

25 minutes ago, dumper said:

The thought of you forgetting to disarm is already making me smile

 

If it happens I will make sure to post the video up on here 😂 Pulling the chipper out in a cloud of smoke already sounds like a hilarious gender reveal video 😂

[Richard 1234]

2 hours ago, dan blocker said:

Looking at the spec of this Fog machine it takes 4 minutes to warm up🤔, could be too late by then? That’s the problem with most of these machines.

Ah no idea about that just saw 50m3 a minute so would fill up in a container in no time. After it warms up it seems. Oh well

[Steven P]

So reading this a few thoughts.

I know most of it is said in joke but rigging a trap to cause harm to an intruder isn't an option really. A lost chipper is a smaller loss of income than 5 years inside. Think dopey apprentice opening the container up at 7:30 on a Monday morning for what could go very very wrong.

 

If you are assuming that they will get in might be you let them with the least damage possible and then claim off the insurance. For example I never lock the shed, a £100 lawnmower or 2 new doors that would get ripped off as they break in is almost even. Chipper is more than that so probably not an option either.

 

The bloke I bought the house from had bikes in the garage, and a fuse labeled 'Blaster' (no house alarm by the way). So if you are thinking of setting up a wireless alert to the phone, how about a signal the other way to sound a 'blaster', something deafening but since you are in control of setting it off, it won't anoy the neighbours. Couple of cameras to be sure. Note that in work we had to put warnings on all the alarmed doors 'Ear defenders must be worn until the alarm is disabled'

 

Second thing he had was a bar at the base of the door about 6" up (great trip hazard by the way), you couldn't just wheel the bikes out, had to lift them out, and this might be an option. A bar at the front locked in place so you have to lift the chipper out or cut the bar. Couple this with 'Blater' going off....Put blaster in the container so it can't be damaged before they break in

 

Third thing he had was a roller shutter door.. not at all quiet to open (held shut by 2 spark plugs wierdly), you could put one of these insde.

For false alarms, I have seen it with 2 beams passing a door, got to break both to set the alarm off, a mouse or something won't break both beams but a human will

 

So far apart from an arial on top, nothing to show high security system and make it attractive from the outside. Of course, you might get some people breaking in speculativly and they don't follow the rules of going in through the door, might go through the roof or side. Saw a reinforced filing cainet once, 5m steel frame round the front to hold the drawers sut - built to the specs, but a 'tin opener' would open the back up in seconds. Put a big lock at the front they will cut round it or through the doors themselves to look in.

 

I will guess that over time you will keep more than the chipper in there, assume it will be broken into a lock everything down

[Paddy1000111]

Most of it was said in jest 😏. I think I will stick with a lock box on the outside as so it's inconspicuous and will deter any dumb luck thieves. Ill put the dead bolts down the door hinge side so the hinges cant be cut off to remove the door. The sides and back are completely covered so there is no way at all of them getting in there.

 

The alarm I was looking at was a camera/pir unit with a 130dB alarm and then an external antenna for the phone as most wont work inside the container. It's disarmed by a remote so it alarms instantly so no chance of them smashing it before entering or something. It all being inside will also deaden the noise a little to the outside until I turn it off for a false alarm via the phone control. I'll probably also make a smoke screen thing, it will run off a small battery and will cost about £40 to build and is probably the biggest time wasting delay thing I can think of, set it up with a disarm switch on the door, fit it with a buzzer and then set it up with a 6-8 second delay in case I forget. Worst case scenario it goes off and costs me £20 in canisters. 

 

I may look at doing as you say and putting a bar in the front maybe 2 ft off the ground as it's for the trailer then putting some loose rebar in the middle so you can't cut it with a disc cutter or something. I already have some spare scaffold etc so that won't cost anything. 

 

All that twinned up with a wheel clamp that I have already will mean getting it out will be a good 10+ minutes. 

Edited March 16, 2021 by Paddy1000111

[daveatdave]

if your alarm sounded and you got there while they were still there and you came up against 4/5 men what would you do ? think about it 

[Paddy1000111]

1 minute ago, daveatdave said:

if your alarm sounded and you got there while they were still there and you came up against 4/5 men what would you do ? think about it 

Probably drive by and hang back, I would have already called the police at this point. Wouldn't take much to follow them feeding info to the police. 

[JaySmith]

Was that Mick mate?

Yeah mate it was Mick. He was half asleep one morning and tripped the wire with both of us in the shed, made the ears ring! You still hear from him?