Re: Salvaging the Unsalvagable

[Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fro all thequestioners: the only good source is the LoC and their parameters are so strange you won’t get it.

Rent a big bank box in a small town and stuff everything in. NOthing is permanent, not even the Rocky Mountains.

If you’r an engineer, ignore the manuals and get a bank box.

On Feb 5, 2014, at 6:28 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:

On 2014-02-04 19:43, Randy Little wrote:

Like these

http://www.fireproofofficefiles.com/fireking-four-drawer-37-15-32-wide-lateral-file-4-3822-c.html?gclid=CIHV4t7ts7wCFSUS7AodGwUADA

Thanks for the example.  $3k *once* for enough space to store quite a
bit of material shouldn't be a huge problem for a successful
professional (though some modestly successful artists would still find
that a big  bite).  (Or maybe once every five years, depending on how
productive they are :-) . )

That's a UL Class 350 1-hour rating.  My understanding is that
photographic materials aren't safe at that temperature and humidity
level (350 degrees F, 85% humidity), and that the Class 125 or class 150
is necessary (so-called "media" safes, developed for floppies and
optical disks); but I can't find any authoritative source online saying
what they think is safe for photo materials.  Do you have a good source
for what experts consider survivable?  (My position seems to be commonly
repeated by random posters online, but I can't find anywhere that I take
seriously that either confirms or denies it.)


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