I used to have trouble with drunk college kids stealing or beating up my metal signs.Then I designed this neat setup with a long wire and a hidden car battery......

Furthermore, have the addendum say that it's the tenant's responsibility to test them monthly and install new batteries.

that can be anything from cars without tags to domestic battery to murder. and 1 arrest in 5 years is pretty low.

IF the chargers would have won it would have been perfect

Most of you may already know this but if your power source is not locked they will turn off the breaker then wait for your battery to die to your alarm and enter your home.

unfortunately, you can never control what a tenant puts down a drain....whether you're on septic or city sewer, grease, diapers, batteries, etc. will always cause problems for youi always mess that damn quote button up

Thanks Kevin, definitely looking forward to recharging my batteries.

Your fire point is actually valid and I didn't really think of that (but I did think of invisible mouse traps and I am pretty sure no one else would have thought of that).With that being said I would send a couple guys from your crew over to screw some plywood up over the easiest opens to break in with.You may even want to get some cheap battery operated motion sensor lights that may scare them if they see the lights turn on.

The charger on my Craftsman just died; it was a crappy drill where the batteries never could hold a charge for long anyway.

A while back I plugged a cell phone charger into it and it quit, but I got it reset.