| You may never be able to fully protect your home | | | | specialized home safe. |
| from burglary, but you can help protect your valuables | | | | If you keep money in your home, you could invest in a |
| with a home safe. Experienced thieves know where | | | | money chest. Money chests are smaller than most |
| most people hide their valuables like fine jewelry, | | | | safes, but are built in your house or bolted to your |
| camera equipment, coin collections or guns. Protecting | | | | home’s frame. Money chests rated TL can |
| these items in a safe can save you worry. | | | | withstand tools, TR torches, and TX explosives. The |
| If you only have a few valuables to store, though, it | | | | TL rating includes a number that indicates how many |
| may be safer and cheaper to keep them in your safe | | | | minutes the safe can withstand tools. |
| deposit box. But if you need more storage space, a | | | | A combination safe contains a money chest in side a |
| safe is probably the best bet. | | | | regular fire-resistant home safe, but can be attached |
| Most safes are fire-resistant, but not fireproof. The | | | | to your home like a money chest. |
| Underwriters Laboratory grades fire-resistant safes | | | | You can visit a home security store or browse the |
| based on how long the safes protect paper at a | | | | Internet to find a home safe perfect for you. Online |
| certain temperature and for how long. Class-C safes | | | | wholesalers may charge less than other stores, and |
| protect paper for an hour at 1,700-degrees Fahrenheit, | | | | you may still pay less, including shipping costs. If you do |
| class-B for two hours at 1,850-degrees, and class-A | | | | buy online for a cheaper price, try to find a model so |
| for four hours at 2,000-degrees. If you need to protect | | | | that you can see it for yourself. You will be protecting |
| computer disks in a fire, you will need to purchase a | | | | your most important belongings in it. |