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Lab Insurrance & Theft Prevention
SeanB:
Ash brick is softer than genuine fired clay brick. If you buy clinker brick you have to use either a diamond cutter or a sharp blade and 4lb hammer to cut them, and once in a wall they survive pretty much anything short of a truck hitting the wall. Regular clay fired brick survives almost as well. You know you have a strong wall when hanging a picture **REQUIRES** a SDS drill, as you otherwise bend a masonry nail or rapidly blunt a regular masonry drill bit in a regular hammer drill.
Ash filled cinder block cuts with a standard builders trowel, some are so weak they break just picking them up. Mounting into them with a wall anchor is difficult because anything over 10kg needs a bracing plate to spread the load. Putting a wall mounted water cylinder means drilling through and putting a steel plate on the other side then plastering it closed after hanging the geyser. I have seen some which were weaker than a standard 12mm drywall wall.
kripton2035:
this is not efficient against fire, but for robbers yes
engrave your driving licence number, on every important lab gear.
if the police find a thief's hidden cache, they will recognize a driver licence number
dr.diesel:
--- Quote from: kripton2035 on May 17, 2014, 08:24:48 pm ---this is not efficient against fire, but for robbers yes
engrave your driving licence number, on every important lab gear.
if the police find a thief's hidden cache, they will recognize a driver licence number
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Engraving does provide a means of ID, but most of the people buying stolen stuff don't care who's name is written on it. Here in the US as least, if the shitty criminal justice system would do their damn job and keep these people locked up, much of the problem would go away.
Rigby:
--- Quote from: dr.diesel on May 17, 2014, 08:34:05 pm ---Engraving does provide a means of ID, but most of the people buying stolen stuff don't care who's name is written on it. Here in the US as least, if the shitty criminal justice system would do their damn job and keep these people locked up, much of the problem would go away.
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A very large percentage of thieves pawn their loot. Pawn shops take their information, as they do, then call the police. My employer has had hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of scopes pawned as "digital TVs" and gotten them back within 4 hours.
Jail is not meant to house a criminal indefinitely, except in specific circumstances; jail is supposed to convince those within to stop committing crimes. It does nothing of the kind. Personally, I believe that jail should not be used to segregate or separate criminals, but to rehabilitate them with the intention of release, for most. Other countries focus on rehabilitation and accordingly have very, very low crime rates, and nearly zero repeat offenders. I'd like to see that in the US.
EEVblog:
I just got a quote for business contents insurance from Allianz
$30/month for $50,000 "material damage" contents insurance, $500 excess.
That includes flood (presumably fire in another part of the building and my lab gets soaked by the sprinkers, or water mains break in the roof?)
They also want $43/month for $10M public liability insurance, and it seems you have to take both.
--- Quote ---Material Damage cover is designed to provide protection for Your Business property from Damage caused by any sudden, unexpected or unforeseen occurrence not otherwise excluded. Under this cover, You are protected for all of Your critical assets enabling You to re-build your Business.
If You have chosen to insure Building and Contents cover, You will notice that We have pre-populated the Sums Insured under this section, You may choose to alter Your values or alternately incorporate Your requirements for these components.
Cover is available for Your Building, Contents, Stock in Trade and Customers goods.
There are a number of additional benefits which are available:
Removal of Debris covers the removal, storage and / or disposal of debris, up to the greater of 10% of the Sum Insured or $50,000
Fire extinguishment covers the cost incurred to replace fire fighting appliances or damaged materials caused in avoiding or minimising damage $25,000
Temporary protection covers safety and protection of property pending replacement or repair $25,000
Professional fees covers fees incurred to reinstate property, up to the greater of 10% of the Sum Insured or $20,000
Government fees covers statutory authority fees incurred with reinstatement of Your Business property $5,000
Rewriting of Records covers the cost of rewriting Your Business records $25,000
Flood, if available and selected
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