[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/04\/new-u-l-security-rating-gun-safes\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/04\/new-u-l-security-rating-gun-safes\/","headline":"New U.L. Security Rating for Gun Safes","name":"New U.L. Security Rating for Gun Safes","description":"Something new has come to the safe industry which is especially important in relation to gun safes.\u00a0 Underwriters Laboratories has come out with a new security rating. Many years ago U.L. created a rating system, primarily for commercial insurance purposes.\u00a0 Initially, ratings started out with TL-15, \u201cTL\u201d being short for \u201ctool\u201d.\u00a0 To get TL-15 rating…","datePublished":"2018-04-16","dateModified":"2018-04-16","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/author\/tom-ziemer\/#Person","name":"Tom Ziemer","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/author\/tom-ziemer\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b9c11d2236675907238ca9827cd4345b2203020e91f7b2b44a75133834a1dab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b9c11d2236675907238ca9827cd4345b2203020e91f7b2b44a75133834a1dab?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hoogerhyde Safe and Lock","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","width":600,"height":217}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Hoogerhyde-logo.png","width":600,"height":217},"url":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/04\/new-u-l-security-rating-gun-safes\/","about":["Uncategorized"],"wordCount":448,"keywords":["Amsec gun safes","Fort Knox gun safes","Graffunder safes","gun safe construction","gun safes"],"articleBody":"Something new has come to the safe industry which is especially important in relation to gun safes.\u00a0 Underwriters Laboratories has come out with a new security rating.Many years ago U.L. created a rating system, primarily for commercial insurance purposes.\u00a0 Initially, ratings started out with TL-15, \u201cTL\u201d being short for \u201ctool\u201d.\u00a0 To get TL-15 rating a manufacturer\u2019s safe had to keep two of U.L.\u2019s expert safe crackers from breaking in for at least fifteen minutes. \u00a0That 15 minutes means \u201ctime when a tool is in contact with the safe\u201d, so actual elapsed time of the test is much longer, maybe several hours.\u00a0 The testers have access to an extensive array of manual and power tools.The ratings then go up in time to TL-30 and TL-60. \u201cTRTL\u201d ratings mean the testers also can use torches. \u00a0\u00a0An \u201cX6\u201d designation means that the safe cannot be penetrated in any of the six sides.\u00a0 So \u201cTRTL30X6\u201d means that U.L. could not break into the safe with torches and tools, through any part of the safe within 30 minutes.\u00a0 TRTL30X6 vaults are large and extremely heavy.Some years ago a Residential Security Container (RSC) rating was introduced.\u00a0 The test is significantly less vigorous \u2013 it is a five minute test by only one person, who has access to a smaller array of tools.Some RSC rated gun safes are actually quite easy for two people to forcibly open, while some are very difficult.\u00a0 Because of the huge jump in security level from RSC to TL-15, U.L. has just introduced the RSCII rating to fill this gap.\u00a0 The test for RSCII is a 10 minute test where two men can use all the tools available in the TL test.\u00a0 Basically it is a \u201cTL-10\u201d, however that is not what they call it.To my knowledge, the only manufacturer that makes RSCII rated gun safes is American Security (Amsec).\u00a0 To make this higher rating they had to add more steel to their BF safe and put in a different boltworks.\u00a0 The price of a new Amsec \u201cBFII\u201d is about half way between their standard BF and their least expensive TL-30 gun safe.No doubt most Graffunder Safes and some Fort Knox vaults would also pass the new test.\u00a0 A few \u201cnon-gun\u201d fire\/burglary safes would also probably pass.\u00a0 The problem is that U.L. testing is very expensive, which will keep many companies from ever offering RSCII rated gun safes.If you deal with a knowledgeable safe dealer you can learn enough to determine what level of security is right for you, and how to get the most security for your money.\u00a0 In Michigan you would come to Hoogerhyde Safe."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"2018","item":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"04","item":"https:\/\/hoogerhydesafe.com\/2018\/\/04\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"New U.L. 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