Houston: Jewelry store owner dies in shootout w. robber

[Keith B]

Ah, he was talking about the safe, not the dvr.

I was thinking of filling the hole w fire putty.

You would still be voiding the integrity of the safes structure and fire rating.

[Excaliber]

Reportedly the shooter took the security tapes to prevent identification.

Smarter than your average bear, that robber. I'd read that he took the security *camera*, but I don't believe everything you read in the press...

I know it's good to have the VCR (aka DVR) physically separate from the camera(s); I wonder how many people think to put the DVR in a physically secure location, like inside of a safe? You'd need a small access hole in the back of the safe for electricity and the camera feed(s).

Doing that would void the UL rating required for insurance unless it was something provided by the manufacturer and included in the rating test.

Interesting, why? Concerns about overheating?

Safes are UL Fire Rated for certain amounts of time and that would invalidate the fire rating by poking a hole in it.

It would do the same thing for the torch and tool burglary ratings, which are separate from the fire rating.

A summary of the various ratings can be found here.