Posted: 6/17/2007 9:25:01 AM EDT
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Any info on electronic safe locks ? like the ones Liberty and Heritage use ? did they ever fail ? are they as good as the 'ol dial ?? thanks |
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I have two small ones, one for a couple handguns I got at Wally World, and a cheap one I got at Harbor Freight (only keep ammo in that one). The handgun one, came with a key to open it up if the batteries die. This reminds me, I better replace the batteries in these. |
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I know most electronic lock hold a 2 yr warranty and mech locks hold a lifetime warranty. I asked the safe guy that delivered mine why that is... He said that 99% of his service calls are for electronic locks failing. You warranty something like that for life and you lose a lot of money. Edited to add...good luck getting an electronic lock to open after an EMP. Just my .02 |
The S&G 6120 is pretty much the industry standard electronic lock used on good or better safes. They are rated for something like 8000 openings on one 9v battery and hold the combo on a chip I believe, good for 10+ years w/o a battery. |
Yes they will hold your combo. The one you set, not the factory one. Well it will keep the factory one if you never changed it to a new combo. Just keep a 9 volt battery handy outside of the safe and no worries. Yes I have a keypad safe. |
Splice in a new keypad and you are good to go. Oh 2 blocks from my place is the store I got my safe from and they will splice it for me or I can do it myself. Yes an EMP and I maybe F'ed but what are the chances of that? |
The Sargent & Greenleaf 6120 is a great electronic lock. I have 2 safes. One has the S&G 6120. The other has the cheapo LG one, I'm not sure the model. Night and day difference. If I were a smarter guy, I'd buy a 6120 and figure out how to put it in place of the cheapo LG one. |
From a terror attack? If you're close enough to get EMPed by a terrorist nuke, the bast-effects are gonna cook your ass anyhow... Terrorists don't have the ability to get a big enough nuke high enough into space to produce an EMP far outside the blast-zone... Other ways to produce one have been attempted but never successful.... So unless we go nuclear with Russia some time soon, there won't be EMP problems... |
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The following thinking is why I went Keypad A punk breaks into your home. See’s the dial safe and starts bashing away at the dial but can’t open it Now you have to take your safe to a locksmith or try to get him to come to your home and fix the dial. I think this is an in shop repair job. A punk breaks into your home. See’s the Keypad safe starts bashing away at the keypad but can’t open it. Now you go to your safe dealer get another keypad and splice it to the safe and you can open it. Edit to fix: I's my's and You's |
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can the keypad be swapped out in the future ? so if the keypad fails...i can splice in a new one ? how do i do that if i can't open the door ? id be fine with that option. id even have one in storage. couldn't that bad guy just bash off the keypad and install his own ? |
No, after he fucks my dial lock up, I call Liberty since they have a lifetime free repair/replacement for damages rendered during a break in. ETA - Both locks have their pros and cons. Electric locks are easier to get in to in a hurry, but they need batteries, and things that need batteries, from remote controls to your girlfriend's toys, suck IMO. Dial type locks need/should be checked periodically by a locksmith and don't tolerate abuse very well (don't spool the thing up like they do in the movies). I have an S&G dial lock on my safe now, I like it. |
