Fire Safes

[Bird]

Thanks, Steve, but I wouldn't know where to find any used ones. I looked at eBay, but didn't see anything there of particular interest. Of course, 35 years ago, I saw quite a number of security safes that had been broken into. Some of the funniest burglaries I ever worked were cases in which burglars worked long and hard to break into safes that had important papers in them, but nothing of value to the burglars. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[mark777]

utah,

That was quite a curve ball you tossed out there. You can post in the Kubota forum or PM any individual you have specific questions for.

Good Luck, Mark

 

[mark777]

Bird,

At one time the Home Depot sold Sentry First Alert safes that faired pretty well. Knew of two separate house fires and two individuals that saved their contents (documents) but sorry to say I don't know how they were rated for plastics, etc.

Mark

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

Bird,

Your comment about stupid burglars brought back a memory from 20 years ago. We had a fire call for a van fire at a supermarket at 2 Am on a Sunday. Sure enough when we pulled up it was going good and started to extend into the store. We got the fire under control pretty quick. We then started to look at what was going on. It was a full size van parked next the front of the store in front of a plate glass window. A big safe was half in and out of the van on some steel runners. The burglars were smart but did not use heavy enough wire to the winch they had in the van to pull the safe out of the store. The wire overheated and started the van on fire. The store manager said the safe was empty, last pick up was before they closed on Sunday. I would have loved to hear the burglars when the fire started. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif They went through a lot of trouble for this job, they stole the van, set up a winch and a system to pull the safe out, all for nothing.

 

[higgy]

how often do you regenerate you desscant? It does not take long for it to become uneffective.

If you want methods for regeneration, let me know.

Dane

 

[dummy]

Thanks

 

[dummy]

Yea, that's part of the problem. It needs to be regenerated every 2 weeks and sometimes I forget. Since it is a storage area and not used daily or even weekly. The microwave is the quickest and easiest way we've found.

 

[Bird]

How do you know how long to put it in the microwave. I went ahead and bought the Sentry S3110 fire safe yesterday so I guess I'll need to regenerate mine periodically.

 

[dummy]

Just did some scientific analysis! (trial and error). Place it on paper towels and add high power in one minute intervals until the dessicant returns to it's original color. For mine, a 16 oz. cupful takes 2-3 minutes.

 

[Bird]

Thanks.

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="green"> Anyone ever heard of?
Remington Rand
Safe Cabinet
Spery Univac
Kardex

At one time they were one of the biggest and most well known makers of fire safes in the country.

Some of you PA guys ought to have heard of them as they fairly recently moved their operations from here to PA.
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