Every self-respecting student, hobbyist or electronic professional has a small electronic laboratory at home.
The lucky ones can even afford a home SMU after years of savings (I will never reach the goal!).
Some take a lifetime to search, buy and repair vintage measuring instruments that become invaluable pieces.
Some of us have their "valuable" instruments inside the lab in the garage or in a separate building, maybe not alarmed and not well lit at night. Of course nothing too complicated for someone that wants to steal something.
I mean, here in some cases they come to steal the copper gutters while people are at home to sleep, so it's obvious that if they can, they'll take everything, even the doormat
It is a common thought that domestic thieves take away "only" gold and valuables in general, everything that's easy to put in the pocket and it's worth a lot but nowadays I started hearing that they take everyting seems valuable (with many lights and nipples
for example).
Sometimes I heard that they had also stolen laptops and cell phones or even 50" LCD tvs: something that it's not properly small but it's damn easy to sell.
Am I the only one who sees an isolated laboratory in the garden as an invitation for thieves?
What's your opinion?
p.s. of course a thief (and anyone) can distinguish easily between a crap LCD TV and a well known brand OLED but of course it wouldn't be able to choosing between a bench DMM, a bench FGEN and a SMU without a proper technical background