When you choose to invest in a safe for your home, it is generally because you wish to secure important personal belongings. Guns, personal documents, jewelry, cash, family heirlooms, expensive medication, and so on, are all examples of things that you need to keep out of sight and keep contained and secure. Investing in a safe that cannot keep a beginner thief out does you no good and having a safe not fireproof can mean your treasures go up in flames in the event of a fire catastrophe. But how do you invest in the right safe?
Texan Lock & Key share some insight on understating the ratings of the various safes
It is important to let you know that there is NOT a single specific, international or national grading system. Where there are rating systems commonly used, any safe grading is performed by the company themselves.
Safe UL Ratings: UL or Underwriter Laboratories is an independent organization that evaluates safety and performance throughout various diverse industries to better educate businesses and consumers alike about products. They evaluate more than 20,000 products annually and have been dedicated to the cause for over a century. When you see there is an UL rating, it is indicating the quality and certification of safety.
Safe TL Rating: The TL Rating is the level of protection against mechanical, electrical or cutting tools attempting to break into combination lock safes. Depending on the category they fall under (picking tools to hand tools, mechanical or electrical tools, grinding points, carbide drills, pressure-applying devices, cutting wheels, power saws and impact tools), the TL rating distinguishes the amount of abuse the safe can withstand from the specific category.
Safe B-Rating: The B-rating is determined by its locking device as well as having less than 1/2” thick walls and less than 1” thick doors.
Safe C-Rating: The C-rating depends on the lock as well as having steel walls a minimum of ½” thick and the door a minimum of 1” thick.
Fire Rating: The fire rating is given after an evaluation from testing results. The testing to see what the safe can withstand varying furnace heated temperatures for specific amount of time. An example is the internal temperature of the safe will not exceed 350 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of 60 minutes when exposed to external temperatures over 1700 degrees Fahrenheit will earn the safe a UL Class 350 1-hour rating. The safe can have either endure a 1 hour, 2 hour or 3 hour time classification. After safes are vigorously heated, they are dropped from up to 30 feet to test against explosions for additional testing.
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Buying a safe can be a confusion adventure, we at Texan Lock & Key hope this looking into grading/rating safes was helpful in your endeavor. We offer safe services for our valued customers, if you are in need of a locksmith for your safe, Texan Lock & Key upholds a high moral standard, and we are a dependable and reputable locksmith company. Call us today!
