16-03-2019, 05:13 PM
Hi,
it may seem like an odd topic but a recent fire here outside the wall of my shack has left me with a lot of damage to the inside and outside of shack shed and now dealing with the insurance company about the damaged electronic equipment.
While some of the fire came into the room via a wall mounted air conditioner and melted the pull-off plastic face plate, there was no direct damage to gear from heat (phew) just smoke and everything was covered in a fine soot from the melted plastic.
Anyway I had NOT updated the list of ham gear with the insurance company so feel a bit uneasy claiming on the more expensive recent gear that now has damage to the front panels from the burning plastic soot (lots of little divots).
Our Insurance company has been very good so far but thought others might need a reminder to update your contents insurance
Peter, vk5pj
it may seem like an odd topic but a recent fire here outside the wall of my shack has left me with a lot of damage to the inside and outside of shack shed and now dealing with the insurance company about the damaged electronic equipment.
While some of the fire came into the room via a wall mounted air conditioner and melted the pull-off plastic face plate, there was no direct damage to gear from heat (phew) just smoke and everything was covered in a fine soot from the melted plastic.
Anyway I had NOT updated the list of ham gear with the insurance company so feel a bit uneasy claiming on the more expensive recent gear that now has damage to the front panels from the burning plastic soot (lots of little divots).
Our Insurance company has been very good so far but thought others might need a reminder to update your contents insurance
Peter, vk5pj