locking up a progressive ems pt30c
Did a search but did not find an answer. I know you can't stop a determined thief, but, I looking for a good, simple, hopefully inexpensive way to put a lock / cable / etc. on my new ems pt30c. Any ...
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At the extreme, you can have a metal shop fab you a clamshell steel box that padlocks and attaches to the frame of your rig via a high-test security chain (Grade 70.) Done right, bolt cutters won't be chopping that anytime soon, and the box will protect not just the EMS, but the two cables going into it (or at least make them unusable to a thief unless they bother adding new fittings.)
Long term, I've thought of having the EMS be a permanent install in the RV, and the external power item end up being "just" a surge suppressor. This way, less stuff sitting outside, and the same protection, plus, no matter what happens, the inside stuff is protected.
In general, if I feel like a place needs more than a theft-deterrent (which is what a Kensington lock is), I move on down the road. Life is too short to spend time and money for an arms race against the low-lifes.
Long term, I've thought of having the EMS be a permanent install in the RV, and the external power item end up being "just" a surge suppressor. This way, less stuff sitting outside, and the same protection, plus, no matter what happens, the inside stuff is protected.
In general, if I feel like a place needs more than a theft-deterrent (which is what a Kensington lock is), I move on down the road. Life is too short to spend time and money for an arms race against the low-lifes.
