Attempted auto-cashier breakin video

Courtesy Petty Hardin Jackson, MS

Is it true that Petty has those things rigged to spray Gold Bond when someone attempts break in?

Uhhhh...videos like that make me furious!

We have three car washes with a total of seven autocashiers. We've never even had an attempted break in. The machines are alarmed 24 hours, so if you broke in in the middle of the day, or if an unauthorized person has the keys and opened the autocashier doors, the siren will go off and the police would be called.

However, even before they get that far, we have stainless steel security doors which cover the front at night time. The doors open up in the day time and double as our menu board. Additionally, this gives us bollards on each side of the autocashier so the mirrors hit the stainless steel posts and don't hit bang up our autocashiers.

Lastly, the autocashier security doors are alarmed at night, so even if someone was able to cut thru the lock and expose the autocashier, the sirens would go off before they even were able to think about getting into the autocashiers.

Here's a pic of the doors during the day in the open position.

Andrew's setup is very innovative and the best IMO. One thing you learn in SS carwashing is to layer your security, with the outermost layer being connected to an alarm system. If they break through the outer layer the security system will scare them off before they damage the expensive stuff.

I installed this on my XPTs last November and have not had a problem. I think
that a operator can't spend enough money to protect there pay stations. Boy XPTs
have a keypad on the side of the bricked in unit that will activate the shutter. At the
bottom of the shutter is a overhead door contact that must be made before the
alarm for the wash can be set at night.