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Posted: 11/4/2009 6:09:51 PM EDT
| I am about to pull the trigger on a mid-sized Sturdy safe with 7 guage steel and fire lining. The nice lady on the phone told me that the fire lining would make a thermal break and not need a dehumidifer inside the safe. Anyone have eny experience with this? |
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Hogwash. "Thermal break"? lol
Unless you live in Death Valley, I'd always have a dehumidifier in the safe. And, if you can, keep the safe where the temperature is as constant as possible. A lot of these "fire linings" are just glorified sheetrock. It'll do little to nothing in a real house fire. As a bonus they may contain moisture too. |
| Sturdy uses ceramic "blankets" that are used to line furnace's with, so it does actually insulate and is fire proof, as opposed to sheetrock. As far their claim about a vapor barrier, it's bullshit, what causes problems in a safe is the difference in temperature in the the air and the metal, and condensation. If your safe is in a climate controlled, low humidity environment, you should be fine, anything else, then get a golden rod. |
| Despite using the ceramic blanket firelining, I would definately be using a desican or goldenrod (or both!). Goldenrod only creates a little heat and air circulation, but doesn't remove moisture from the area. The desicant removes moisture from the enclosure. Think about the value of what you have in the RSC, isn't it worth a few bucks to protect it? It's cheap insurance. |
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