SereneLife SLSFE26PS, User Manual

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Maintenance

Clean the surface of the safe with a slightly damp cloth.
If the hinges develop a squeak, apply one or two drops of 

light machine oil to hinge contact points.
If the digital lock’s yellow light flashed, this indicates the AA 

batteries are low, please replace the batteries immediately. 

Otherwise, replace once per year.

Anchoring Your Safe

Anchoring the safe to an immovable surface makes theft of 

the entire safe extremely difficult.The safe can be anchored 

to any surface, but wood and concrete are the most 

common.
Before anchoring the safe, the shelf and foam padding 

must be removed to expose the anchoring holes in the 

bottom of the safe. Mark through the mounting holes 

before drilling.
The following are the most common scenarios for 

mounting your safe. However, since the safe can be 

mounted to numerous surfaces, use discretion to 

determine the best mounting method.

Anchoring to Concrete Floors

Lag shield anchors are generally recommended because 

they mount flush with the floor and allow the safe to be 

bolted down with a lag screw and flat washer. Ensuring that 

the lag shield anchors are flush with the floor aids in the 

ease of movement at a later time.

Installation of lag shield anchors requires you to drill holes 

into the concrete. Drilling into concrete properly requires a 

hammer drill with an appropriate-sized concrete drill bit.

To ensure strong and successful anchoring to concrete:

• 

Drill holes in one pass and avoid raising the bit up and 

down to clear the dust, which may cause the holes to 

become slightly over-sized.

• 

Drill holes1/2”-1” deeper than the length of the lag 

shield to allow room for the bottom of the screw and any 

remaining dust.

• 

Vacuum dust from holes before installing lag shields.

Bolting to Wood Floors

Lag screws and flat washers are typically used to bolt safes 

to wood floors (or floors with a wood sub-floor).

Installation of lag screws works best if holes are pre-drilled 

to accommodate the lag screws. A standard hand-held 

power drill with the appropriate-sized wood drill bit is 

required to complete the job.

To ensure strong and successful anchoring to wood:

• 

Pre-drill holes at the correct size for the lag screws. The 

correct pre-drill size is always smaller than the lag screw 

size. 

(For example, a 7/32” bit is used to pre-drill holes for a 

3/8” lag screw)

• 

Use at least a 2” long lag screw.

• 

For additional strength, fasten at least two of the screws 

into floor joists.

Figure 6. Bolting to wood floors

Figure 5. Anchoring to concrete floors.