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Posted: 1/30/2025 12:13:00 PM EDT
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Been looking at these Brown Tactical safes as they are TL-15 rated which seems really solid. Without the fireproofing the model 7228 I'm looking at weights about 1,170 pounds. With fireproofing it's a heavy 2,850 pounds!! I'm debating going with or without the fireproofing. I'm thinking I could probably put it upstairs without it. Probably way too heavy with it. So the garage or master bedroom would be the downstair choices. What do you guys think would be the safest location? The fireproofing also adds cost, worth it? |
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Brown Safes write about their test: The resulting fire safe offers substantial fire protection, keeping the interior contents below flash point for 90 minutes at sustained temperatures of 1700°F. There are two different kinds of measuring time. The good one is is heating the test oven for a certain time and measure the temperature until it is clearly dropping. This kind of test usually comes with a drop test where the safe is dropped after some time in the oven. This simulates a crumbling building. The easy test is measuring temperature as long as the test oven is heated and stop when heating is turned off. After that point the heat continues to move through the walls into the safe and temperatures above the limit can still occur destroying the documents. Brown's description seems to hint it was tested with a method of the second type. Most of the fire protection methods at the paper level (max. 350°F) involve water that is released. If there are things made from steel inside, they can rust until unusable if not removed immediately. I have seen here someone putting a wooden support under his safe on the second floor. Could work in your case too. |
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