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Keyser Soze

On 3/18/18 12:43 PM, wrote:
On 18 Mar 2018 15:48:38 GMT, Keyser Soze wrote:

wrote:
On Sun, 18 Mar 2018 08:22:38 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 20:11:45 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

I see you can get a metal bar shaped to attach to the plastic handle of
the EU2000i generators. Protects against thieves sawing through the
plastic carry handle. Saw a generator attached to a gray box on a
lamppost up the street during our 2 and a half day power outage early
January. Generator there seemed to be about the size of a 5000 watt model.

Those are a worthwhile investment. I use that with a cable attaching the
generator to my RV when
camping.

I suppose it all depends on the determination of the thief. If they
are carrying a side grinder or a bolt cutter that will handle the lock
or cable, they are taking the generator.
I put a 5/8" eye bolt through the wall of the garage, double nutted on
the inside to deter a thief but only because that was what I had
handy. It is what FPL uses to hook guy wires to light poles. It does
look impressive tho ;-)
During Irma I had my generator chained to the gas pipe. That really
did not seem like a good idea but it was all I had at the time.

Mine is bolted to a precast concrete pad the dealer provided. My guess is
the pad weighs more than the generator. Makes it harder but not impossible
to steal the generator. In any case, stealing it is not a one man job.

It is usually the portable ones that stolen in the middle of the night
but I suppose there are people who will steal anything. If they are
coming for a whole house generator like yours, I doubt there is much
to stop them since they will have tools. That is more like a "crew"
with a clipboard and trying to look like they are working for a
living.
Some of these scammer type thieves can look pretty convincing and they
will come in the middle of the day with a truck that looks right and a
story for anyone who questions them. You really need to depend on your
neighbors to be watching out for things like that.

Even more reason to have a large cat (a really large cat) prowling the
yard.

One that has a tapeworm and is always hungry.