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Posted: 10/7/2024 12:53:48 AM EDT
| Anyone have experience with this model? I found a used one locally, #7241 for less than 1/2 the price of a new one. 5 to 1 reduction rack & pinion multi-gear drive locking mechanism but no info on how the bolts are supported and what the fire board material is (drywall?) It has an outer body of 3/16" steel and a 3/16” ArmaKnox AR500 inner steel liner but it's still rated as an RSC. I find that a bit odd. TIA |
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Ft Knox doesn't, or didn't, want to go thru the hassle if getting their safes UL rated for more than RSC. I talked to them at one point a out 8-10yrs ago and they'd build you a safe that was likely better than TL-30, but they wouldn't go thru the process to certify it. A TL30 plate safe (solid metal) has side and back walls about 1" thick. A composite safe would use much thinner metal, but it would be filled with a high strength concrete or similar material. The walls would be 2"+ thick. |
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Originally Posted By ArizonaAR: Anyone have experience with this model? I found a used one locally, #7241 for less than 1/2 the price of a new one. 5 to 1 reduction rack & pinion multi-gear drive locking mechanism but no info on how the bolts are supported and what the fire board material is (drywall?) It has an outer body of 3/16" steel and a 3/16” ArmaKnox AR500 inner steel liner but it's still rated as an RSC. I find that a bit odd. TIA For that price I’d buy it in a heartbeat. |
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Originally Posted By SCARed: Ft Knox doesn't, or didn't, want to go thru the hassle if getting their safes UL rated for more than RSC. I talked to them at one point a out 8-10yrs ago and they'd build you a safe that was likely better than TL-30, but they wouldn't go thru the process to certify it. A TL30 plate safe (solid metal) has side and back walls about 1" thick. A composite safe would use much thinner metal, but it would be filled with a high strength concrete or similar material. The walls would be 2"+ thick. After a call to Fort Knox I found out it's a 10 yr old model so the inner liner is not Armaknox but 10 gauge steel. Definitely a composite door wrapped in 10 gauge with fire board between it and 3/8 plate steel. Yes it's RSC rated but I believe it will work for me and the price is right. |
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