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How to secure an outside A/C condenser short of building/installing a cage?
Posted on 4/12/18 at 6:49 am
Posted on 4/12/18 at 6:49 am
Any ideas on ensuring that new unit is not stolen or stripped? Thanks in advance --
8
Posted on 4/12/18 at 6:52 am to OogumBoogum
Big dogs usually do the trick.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 6:58 am to BruslyTiger
What? Must be in a shitty part of town. 
Have a cage built and anchor it to the slab. Do have a door on the service side with a good lock. The anchor bolts, grind them so they can not be removed.
Have a cage built and anchor it to the slab. Do have a door on the service side with a good lock. The anchor bolts, grind them so they can not be removed.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:04 am to fishfighter
It's near UNO, where a good part of town meets a not-so-good part of town. I don't have a slab per se but a four-post wooden platform anchored into the ground with concrete. The platform itself is sort of small compared to the unit -- a 2.5-ton/16 SEER Rheem -- which rests on a plastic pad sitting on top of the wooden platform. So I'm not 100% sure how feasible a prefabricated cage would be. The block I'm on has not seen any significant crime in the 3 or so years I've been in the vicinity, so I'm trying to find cheaper/easier alternatives to a cage.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:12 am to OogumBoogum
Move. If some crack head wants it they'll likely take it. Can you put a fence in front of it? Maybe just hide it from the view from the street.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:19 am to OogumBoogum
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It's near UNO
Yep, I was right.
I grew up not to far from that hood back in the 1960's-1970's. Was a very good area back in the day till mid 1970's. 
Heck, if they want it, they will get it no matter what you do.
Being on a wood stand, just maybe nail some concrete wire around it. That might slow them down from stealing it. But like I said, if they want it, nothing is going to stop them. Oh, add some lighting above it at night. A good solar powered LED light would help and no wiring needed. 
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:21 am to OogumBoogum
Post "Help Wanted" job listings all over it.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:24 am to OogumBoogum
Like running from a bear and being slightly faster than you friend, the trick is not to be the easiest meal. Anything you can do to make yours harder to steal than your neighbors is a good thing. Even if its just cosmetic.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:36 am to OogumBoogum
Gentrification helps.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 7:59 am to OogumBoogum
Lots of people have been placing them on rooftops of apartment buildings to keep the thieves away.
Doesn’t sound like you have many options if a cage is out.
Doesn’t sound like you have many options if a cage is out.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 8:06 am to OogumBoogum
Get your alarm company to put a pressure sensor on the Freon. If someone fools with your unit, the alarm will trip.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 8:15 am to OogumBoogum
Just spray paint, "If you see me carrying this, I'm gay" on the side of it. Then, no one would touch it. Everyone knows bla..... err.um.. crack heads are homophobic.
Posted on 4/12/18 at 8:23 am to OogumBoogum
I've seen ones on the roof that people ripped apart. If someone wants in, they're getting in
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