Combination locks vs barrel locks
Since everyone and their brother has the same locks on their basement compartments I'm looking to do something different. I can have all the locks re-keyed by a locksmith. I think. Sure that will...
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A combo lock is fairly easy to pick if you have 20 minutes to try out each number. With only 4 barrels, it has only 10,000 possible combinations. I picked a bike lock in my living room in about 10 minutes in front of some friends who forgot the combination, I was only 14 at the time.
I would re-key to a longer key. Most have only 4 pins inside the tumbler, and a quality lock will have between 5 and 7. You can not fit a house sized tumbler into the locks of most RV's and many are not rebuildable, so no re-keying is possible. To re-key my motorhome, I had to purchase a new outside lock - the whole assembly. The tumblers do not remove like a home door lock.
I used to work for Weiser Lock in Huntington Beach, doing A/C maintenance many years ago. So I know a little about lock assembly. Some locks just do not disassemble for re-keying. You can try though.
For my motorhome, I have a alarm system with a transmitter that will send to a pager up to 2 miles away. That way if the alarm goes off while I am in a shopping center, I can get the page to go back to the car. It works equally well at home, the pager will still be beeping when I get home from work, if they broke into it during the day.
Fred.
I would re-key to a longer key. Most have only 4 pins inside the tumbler, and a quality lock will have between 5 and 7. You can not fit a house sized tumbler into the locks of most RV's and many are not rebuildable, so no re-keying is possible. To re-key my motorhome, I had to purchase a new outside lock - the whole assembly. The tumblers do not remove like a home door lock.
I used to work for Weiser Lock in Huntington Beach, doing A/C maintenance many years ago. So I know a little about lock assembly. Some locks just do not disassemble for re-keying. You can try though.
For my motorhome, I have a alarm system with a transmitter that will send to a pager up to 2 miles away. That way if the alarm goes off while I am in a shopping center, I can get the page to go back to the car. It works equally well at home, the pager will still be beeping when I get home from work, if they broke into it during the day.
Fred.
