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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
@JCage your safe is not shit.
If your home burned to the ground and the fire department never shows up, yes, your books are done even if you dropped 20K on a data safe. If the safe is in the basement in your kitchen burns for six hours your books are fine. If a fire starts in the room that you're safe is in and the fire department gets the fire out within an hour, you're probably borderline. Fire is always a gamble when it comes to safes, even if you are willing to drop serious amounts of cash on one (UL Data safe comparable to the size you have is about 14K).
Nonsense, he could purchase a data grade safe with a larger overall interior by volume for well under 7k. (7.87 cu.ft. compared with 6.4 cu.ft.)
And this is the one I'd feel comfortable recommending:
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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
If you really want fireproof, use a safety deposit box. Otherwise, you're safe is just fine 
Safe deposit boxes are fine for fire protection. The only risk ...granted, a very small one... would be if the bank had a fire. In that scenario you'd also have to be concerned about the possibility of water damage in the vault area.
The more important consideration is that in a bank you have little control over the internal vault conditions that might interact with pulp paper. Heat conditions in vault areas vary from bank to bank. Unless specified, bank liability may not extend to cover damage to collectibles from heat exposure or so-called "acts of god" while in their care.
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Originally Posted by shrewbeer
I worry a little about offgassing, so I just make sure my safe gets an air change at least three times per week (leave the door open for a bit, or if I'm in a rush I'll throw a fan in front of the open door for a minute and close it)
Excellent suggestion. Probably overkill, but better to err on the side of caution. Without knowing the safe's interior construction and what materials might off-gas this is the best insurance against collectibles being exposed to potentially corrosive by-products. |
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