generator security need?
Getting ready to purchase genny for our 5er. Have seen a lot of allusions to gennys being stolen, is this paronia or a real concern? If it's real, how do you secure yours?
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- I do the same as Roy Kern {above} We were at Lake Tahoe last summer at a Camp Ground and 4 portably Honda Generators were stolen in one night. I don't think it is paranoia. You have to lock them up and keep out of sight . I also have an alarm connected to the rear of my TV. We were at Half Moon Bay outside SF and 3 Gen were stolen in 1 weekend, one just outside kitchen window where the MIL was doing dishes. She thought the gen ran of gas
- The best security is putting them away and out of sight. Next best is a chain or bike lock. In 12 years I've heard of only 1 incidence of theft, in a casino parking lot.
- Mine is kept secured in the tail gate corner of my covered and locked truck bed. When I need to use it I just pull it out onto the tail gate and plug my trailer into it using a RV30A-15A adapter...
Keeping mine out of sight I think has been my success over the years keeping it safe... My generator goes where I go...
Roy Ken - Use common sense but yes, mostly paranoia.
We keep it out of sight with a bike cable tying it to the truck. If someone really wants it, I'm sure they could get it but I figure, they would probably take the truck with it.
