On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:28:48 -0700 (PDT) LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > For some reason I have gotten the idea that I need an old safe. Maybe > to store stuff in, I don't know. It's one of those "cruising Craigslist > and seeing something that makes you think, "It would be cool to have one > of those..." > > Anyone here have any knowledge of safes Yes. >, and if so, want to share it? Sure. You need to ask yourself some questions: 1. What are you trying to protect? 2. How much of it is there to protect? 3. From whom are you trying to protect it? 4. Are you trying to protect it from fire, or just break-in? If you have some old odds and ends, a residential security container (RSC) may be all you need. A number of those come with decent fire ratings. If you have lots of gold bullion or diamonds, you'll want at least a TL-30 class safe. If that's all you have, you won't need much of a fire rating, if any. If you have computer media you want to protect, you will want something with a very good fire rating and then store the media (which is more sensitive to heat than paper) in a small fire-rated box inside the safe. > I know they are heavy, but moving it is no problem, as I have all the > rigging and stuff I need from work. There is heavy and there is HEAVY. A 3500# safe is in a different league than an 800# safe. A 10000# safe is in yet another, quite different league. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
