but according to the directions, it says if you enter the right code and it does not open, push down on the handle to the left ---well I did ...and now the damn thing keeps spinning! crap! any suggestions? can a lock smith get past this?
have an electronic lock on my safe and I have to make sure the locking handle is turned all the way counterclock (I think) before I touch the lock. The handle on yours probably needed that extra little twist to free the lock.
Mine creeps on the shaft. The dealer said he does that so a burglar doesn't put a pipe on the handle and break the shaft.If you're pushing on it, and the handle creeps around, you probably have a loose set screw on the handle hub.
Been doing a LOT of reading. I came across an article ( and can't find it to post a link here..sorry ), by a locksmith comparing the digital locks vs the old dial types. Of course, ths is just an article by one guy. But he says the digital have a failure rate about 20 times higher than the dial types. He mentioned that some digitals have key backups in case of lock failure. He said those were the lower end locks that they actually expect to fail, thus the key backup.
Mechanical all the way. Your battery died which usually defaults the code, and this is going to cost you a house call. Sorry bud.
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Been doing a LOT of reading. I came across an article ( and can't find it to post a link here..sorry ), by a locksmith comparing the digital locks vs the old dial types. Of course, ths is just an article by one guy. But he says the digital have a failure rate about 20 times higher than the dial types. He mentioned that some digitals have key backups in case of lock failure. He said those were the lower end locks that they actually expect to fail, thus the key backup.
If you happen to find this please post it here. Sounds like what I've said here many times word for word. I'd like to make sure what you read was something that I said, and not something that somebody else has "borrowed" .
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