Clyde
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I am trying to figure out how to make mine motion sensor without my HOA getting upset
Helpful Info. Home Defense in a Rural Area
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Brent S
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You can lower the sensor on it to not come on as easily. The only HOA I have to listen to is my two outside dogs. Although they do complain a lot!
Clyde
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I know there are sensors that can be threaded in to the light socket then the bulb goes in to the sensor. It is a matter of it not being overly visible to passers by or the HOA, plus I would need it to fit within the housing of the lamp.
Brent S
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You could even use longer wires and mount the sensor away from the light. Just about anything can be done, just how much effort do you want to put into it.
Michael HM Murdock
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This is actually a lot of useful information. My group's star fort property covers almost a square mile half of that is the two story tall 'star' and inside that is the three story tall fort. Based after star castle in England it has stone walls and is protected by immense forestry so it's pretty hard to see from Google earth. But despite the eight man patrol planned on top of the star and in the star which is a garage and storage facility we have no cameras.
The safe room is two meters below the entire building and has a network of tunnels spanning the property. We have no cameras and no bushes because the only way in is the three inch thick garage door which replaced the position of the original wooden door on the real star castle.
The only windows are on the third level and in the prongs of the star those are sliding windows each about a foot by a foot.
The armory which consists of two M2's one MG42 a few mortars and fifty Henry rifle replicas is on the top floor but there is no way to get to the star through the top floor.
The vehicle fleet takes up most of the parking bays and since there is only one way out we just need to put the most heavily armoured cars in front, three ferret mark fives.
We need more guns and we need cameras.
But what if they do breach the three inch steel door or the steel reinforced stone walls?
The safe room is two meters below the entire building and has a network of tunnels spanning the property. We have no cameras and no bushes because the only way in is the three inch thick garage door which replaced the position of the original wooden door on the real star castle.
The only windows are on the third level and in the prongs of the star those are sliding windows each about a foot by a foot.
The armory which consists of two M2's one MG42 a few mortars and fifty Henry rifle replicas is on the top floor but there is no way to get to the star through the top floor.
The vehicle fleet takes up most of the parking bays and since there is only one way out we just need to put the most heavily armoured cars in front, three ferret mark fives.
We need more guns and we need cameras.
But what if they do breach the three inch steel door or the steel reinforced stone walls?
Gazrok
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You also have to consider an enemy that has explosive devices. If you have no sentry capability or clear line of sight around the fort, then an enemy could easily sneak right up to the structure, plant explosives and gain access from an unplanned entry point.
This is why ancient castles had the land cleared all around the fort. So they could see (and fire upon) an approaching enemy. Woods closeby (close enough to hide on Google Earth) provide an enemy cover and concealment.
Now, you may counter with "but my sentries have night vision or thermal optics, etc." but I'll tell you there are plenty of ways to counter these technologies, (and dense foliage certainly helps to hide them from both of these).
This is why ancient castles had the land cleared all around the fort. So they could see (and fire upon) an approaching enemy. Woods closeby (close enough to hide on Google Earth) provide an enemy cover and concealment.
Now, you may counter with "but my sentries have night vision or thermal optics, etc." but I'll tell you there are plenty of ways to counter these technologies, (and dense foliage certainly helps to hide them from both of these).
Arcticdude
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Just curious, if you have all this advanced weaponry, why would you want 50 lever action Henry rifles? Although I own a Henry and like lever actions, they wouldn't be my first choice for defense.
Michael HM Murdock
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They were cheap and the ammo works for pistols as well. Our ideal weapons are good ol' Roy's benelli supernovas. Aside from that we have knee mortars and shovel mortars.
The MG42 we bought online, there was a glitch on the sale page where it only cost $1 it's awesome when that happens. The two M2's and mortars were a gift from uncle Tor who is now 98. The three ferret armoured cars only cost $9,000 each and over all the fleet was assembled by a group of preppers and their families.
The MG42 we bought online, there was a glitch on the sale page where it only cost $1 it's awesome when that happens. The two M2's and mortars were a gift from uncle Tor who is now 98. The three ferret armoured cars only cost $9,000 each and over all the fleet was assembled by a group of preppers and their families.
Arcticdude
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Makes sense. I have a couple lever actions chambered in pistol ammo too, 44-40 and .357 mag
Gazrok
A True Doomsday Prepper
Just reread my post. So much is lost in written communication without tone. Not meant as a criticism, just honestly offered advice about the woods thing, but I'm not sure it came across that way, so my apologies if any offense taken.
Pistol caliber rifles and carbines make good home defense weapons. For one thing they won't blow your eardrums out when fired indoors. They generally have a fairly good magazine capacity. There is practically zero muzzle flash that can blind you in low light. Overpenetration is not usually a big problem. And as previously mentioned, they use the same ammo as handguns. Biggest handicap is range, but we are talking about close quarters home defense, not sniping.
My home defense carbine is in 45 ACP.
My home defense carbine is in 45 ACP.
In the first version of my Mad Max motorhome I had a single button inside that would both kill the internal lights and turn on external outwards-pointing floodlights.
Such a feature is a total game changer as being inside a brightly lit house is a very vulnerable position.
The house I'm building now only has a single window, and soon that will have a steel shutter over it.
Such a feature is a total game changer as being inside a brightly lit house is a very vulnerable position.
The house I'm building now only has a single window, and soon that will have a steel shutter over it.
Silent Earth
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Yup the risk from Were - Koalas and Vampire Wallabys is something you need to be ready for :0
bigpaul
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sone of the best defences is being as far from "civilisation" as one can get. and if you live somewhere where any "visitors" would have to come through lots of towns and villages first even better.
Well you may jest, but some of those wallabies are killers, for example
I rest my case.
Silent Earth
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Michael HM Murdock
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No offence but the Australians, are special. Let's leave it at that.
Silent Earth
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Yup they think they can play cricket and rugby :0
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