A shock a day keeps the bandits at bay

Am really not in the mood to be here today. Whenever you end up having to work such a weird couple of shift patterns, you just feel wiped out. This is the downside to working in IT support and only just about made up for by the additional pay allowance. Still, since I’m unlikely to win any awards for employee of the month, I’m not too bothered.

We’ve actually had quite a few problems with vandalism on machines recently. People have trying to prise the cases open and are breaking the locks on them (yes, most are lockable cases). This is annoying as it means a report has to be filed, I have to deal with the helldesk to get it resolved, and money which should be getting filtered in my beer money or junket fund gets squandered on replacement cases.

So, am running a little 12v battery inside the cases with a wiring loop running to the lock at the rear. Insulated off, this should prevent the entire case becoming live, although to be honest I wouldn’t be too concerned if it did. But, 12v is enough to give people a decent little shock should they try anything.