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    Quote Originally Posted by Imshootin
    Two other issues with putting a safe in a basement. Sewer backups and a house fire.
    I've waded through basements with a couple feet of water in them when city sewers have backed up into basements during my drain cleaning days and when fighting a fire, we've filled up a few basements pretty deep as well. If I put one in a basement I would want to build a cement platform at least 6" off the floor to put it on if I had the headroom. Might make the difference between a safe full of wet buttstocks or a safe full of dry guns.
    Good points. Just to add, in the event of a house fire, the guns are most often better off submerged than not. The smoke will damage the finish of blued and stainless guns within a couple hours.

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    I have mine in the basement with a dehumidfier rod. My safe came prewired so I just plug it in. Also my safe came with a computer plug that way if you want you could put a storage device in it and sent info to it for safe storage. The idea of putting it up on blocks is a good idea in fact one insurance company dedicated to guns requires it in a basement locations. Mine was not that heavy, 600 lbs, but I hired a company to move it to the basement. The best $150 I ever spent.

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    Basement here also.
    I poured a 4' pedestal in the corner, and have it sitting on a thin rubber mat and bolted down. It weighs about 850# empty.
    I use about a dozen of those small humidity packs (got a bunch of them for nothing a while back) and it stays about 50-60% RH. I really don't know what optimum is, but I keep things wiped down with a silicone cloth and have never seen the first signs of rust or any other problems.

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    My basement safe fix

    I knew mine was going down there so I upgraded to a fire/waterproof. Made sense to the wife too. I have a dehumidifier in the basement, central air, also put a cartrige for a refrigeration system called a liquid line drier inside. The relative humidity indicater in my safe starts climbing when the door is opened.
    I also built a dolly with six casters so it would be off the floor and I could move it if needed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR SHOT A BIT
    I knew mine was going down there so I upgraded to a fire/waterproof. Made sense to the wife too. I have a dehumidifier in the basement, central air, also put a cartrige for a refrigeration system called a liquid line drier inside. The relative humidity indicater in my safe starts climbing when the door is opened.
    I also built a dolly with six casters so it would be off the floor and I could move it if needed.
    So can the criminals....

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    Quote Originally Posted by autosurgeon
    So can the criminals....
    If they can get it up the stairs, across the basement floor would be easy enough with or without wheels.

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    I too have mine in the basement. I run a dehumidifier in the basement and one in the safe. Never thought about flooding. Ill have to look into that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SIR SHOT A BIT
    If they can get it up the stairs, across the basement floor would be easy enough with or without wheels.
    Mine they will have to cut it has 4 3/4 inch stainless anchor studs like what are used for automotive lifts holding it down.

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    I have mine in the basement in a room with a dehumidifier. I have been thinking about putting the rod inside the safe, but haven't really needed to as of yet.

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    I keep mine in the basement, bolted to the floor. I keep a box of silica gel in it to absorb moisture and keep the humidity down. I have to bake the silica gel every 2-3 months to keep the gel dry, and it's worked fine. I inspect all my guns at least once a year and I've never had any rust.

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