Oil tank security

TankMaster

Hmmm... if its anything like the other ones on the market, wrap tin foil around the sensor unit and it won't transmit anything!!

Regards

TM

QTC

Also, could you arrange to be in when the oil is delivered? I don't want to scare you, and don't know how common this is, but some gangs operate their own tankers now. They'll follow a legitimate tanker, wait for them to make a delivery; when they've gone, they simply pull up, put their hose in and pump the fresh oil into their tanker. It looks like they're the ones making a delivery, so nobody thinks anything of it...

Northbridge_Low_Carbon

dont know if anyone has mentioned this previosly, i didnt read every thread....

We're in rural lincolnshire, and the dodgy sorts are using a simple hole saw in a battery drill on oil tanks with a padlock and other security. They then poke a hose in and pump out your oil.

Solution: simple metal cage, 1 inch galvanised mesh and good security. May cost £500 but that's a small price to protect a tank of oil. We have customers who have lost their oil on numerous occasions.

Also consider relocating the tank to a position behind the house and not so "on view". It doesn't cost more than maybe £300 to lay a new base, trench the oil pipe and pump out/pump in.

A small amount spent now will save you a lot - there will be easier tanks for them to attack and they'll go elsewhere.

Matt

TankMaster

Northbridge_Low_Carbon wrote: »

dont know if anyone has mentioned this previosly, i didnt read every thread....

We're in rural lincolnshire, and the dodgy sorts are using a simple hole saw in a battery drill on oil tanks with a padlock and other security. They then poke a hose in and pump out your oil.

Solution: simple metal cage, 1 inch galvanised mesh and good security. May cost £500 but that's a small price to protect a tank of oil. We have customers who have lost their oil on numerous occasions.

Also consider relocating the tank to a position behind the house and not so "on view". It doesn't cost more than maybe £300 to lay a new base, trench the oil pipe and pump out/pump in.

A small amount spent now will save you a lot - there will be easier tanks for them to attack and they'll go elsewhere.

Matt

I'd forget the wire mesh.... seen it done and a pair of wire cutters and they're through it in less than a second. The answer, as you suggest is to coin a phrase 'location, location, location'

Regards

TM

Dusty_Vinyl

Hi

Yes fuel theft is on the up, we have fitted locks, a dummy camera and a security light we also put "beware of doberman" signs up on both gates.

You can get some tank security products like locking valves etc... I'll have a look to see where ours came from and let you know.

No one has had a pop at ours yet but I reckon it is only a matter of time.

If they really want it, they'll get it, fuel is way too expensive now

AlanW_2

Just to be clear about the voucher code and expiry ...

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=15193761#post15193761

csgraham74

You could also try this site: oil tank alarms - sometimes there can be useful links here although it has changed recently

CWatters_2

TankMaster wrote: »

Hytek[/URL] advertise a straightforward lockable cap - but I've yet to find anywhere that actually stocks it and unfortunately even as a tank installer, they will not supply me direct :rolleyes:

Regards

TM

The forum software won't let me post a URL but try Bes dot co do uk see their product

18936 Lockable oil filler cap, 2" BSP. £44.80

terryf0

Guys, we are making it to easy for thieves, leaving a tank that costs around £1000 to fill up is like leaving £1000 on your door step. We would not leave £1000 worth of gold unlocked, and yet that is what it is to organized criminals that steal heating fuel ! I found a company that supply a really smart locking fuel cap that once it is on is almost impossible to get it off without the key fob. What criminals can do is to gets grip on a lock and snap it off, but with the new British invention the ionic lock spins around when locked on so there is no way to force it open. There website is ioniclocks.co.uk This will solve the problem full stop.

Terry

welda

When I was still using kero to heat house, the old original steel tank had seen better days and required to be replaced, change in law meant I would require a bunded tank, I priced these, and of course they are not cheap as I required a tank that would hold at least 2000 litres of kero.

I measured old tank, with a view of making same from 18swg stainless steel (not bunded) even best battery gun in the world with holesaw attached would be nigh on impossible to drill through, filler and vents easily secured.

All this is great though, still leaves fuel pipe to boiler vunerible. What I did was design a system where a gate valve would drop inside of tank at the outlet valve, thus stopping fuel being lost through cut fuel delivery pipe, which in my case was copper pipe. Pretty much similar setup I had inside boiler house where a gate valve dropped and stopped fuel in the event of a fire in boiler house, with a simple slight difference of course

Price wise, material then was cheaper to buy compared to a plastic tank, I would knock it up myself, so really only cost would have been materials, my time is free if doing something for myself, but I'm lazy and hate welding, I took the easy route, I got NG in :rotfl:

Food for thought for those who may want to look at a tailor made tank made from sturdy, non corrosive, maintenance free stainless steel??

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