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How thievable are oscilloscopes?
Wallace Gasiewicz:
Perhaps as a deterent to theft, add a Biohazard sticker
Then add Monkey Pox
Then add the name of your favorite politician?????
Bud:
The last thing thieves would do is to look at stickers.
bdunham7:
Take your oscilloscope to a low-rent pawn shop and ask how much they'll give you for it. That will tell you how 'thievable' it is.
Simon:
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 09, 2022, 12:41:29 pm ---Not so sure about that. My landlord has a clause about storage of certain classes of chemicals for insurance purposes. That pretty much excludes things like fluxes, etchants and solvents which is a big bulk of chemical required for EE work. Even my ex wife, a hairdresser, is in violation of those clauses. Of course there’s the “no commercial uses” clause as well.
Of course these things only become and issue if (a) you get caught or (b) the place burns to the ground.
Arguably my 20 year old Henry vacuum cleaner is probably more of an insurance risk due to the explosive X2 capacitor in it.
--- End quote ---
I think it would refer to a certain amount of chemical, if one wants to be pedantic most household products have dangerous chemicals if the quantity and concentration were high enough.
My school chemical lab had sulfuric acid, but intentionally diluted to a point you had to be wanting to do harm to do harm with it.
bd139:
No the clauses are very open. If the fire investigator, that they appoint, finds anything traceable as an accelerant you're fucked even if it's a bottle of meths under the sink.
This is why you need to be able to afford to replace everything you own, not rely on insurance as a fallback. Alternatively, avoid owning stuff.
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