Re: Stolen Air conditioner condensor - Landlord Forum thread 325076

Re: Stolen Air conditioner condensor by Katiekate (New York) on September 30, 2014 @09:06

Wow..this is soooo common.

Thieves look for a place that is empty and cut it in the middle of the night. They also take as much of the power cable as they can reach..the copper is sold for the metal content

There are new heavy "cages" and are bolted into the bottom of concrete slabs...then heavy, uncut table locks put in place. These appear to work.

I installed this myself after the neighbors had theirs stolen. My placces are empty 3 out of every 4 weeks during the summer months...the locked cages seem to have solved this It was expensive to have all this work done...new concrete pads wil cast iron anchors for the cage to lock into..but..still cheaper than replacing the units

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Re: Stolen Air conditioner condensor by guest (FL) on September 30, 2014 @11:49	[ Reply ]

Katie: Thank you very much for the comment. So based on your comment I think I would be safe to install the new condenser with a cage prior to having tenants that way the house is move in ready. I appreciate your comments.