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Keys in both sides of a lock?
On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 18:08:09 +0100, Steve Walker wrote:
On 03/10/2017 18:00, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: Are all locks designed this badly?* I just had to break into my neighbour's house because he'd left a key on the inside of the lock, which prevented him from using a key on te outside of the lock.* Can't they be made so the keys don't reach each other?* It must be seperate barrels, or the key being the other way round wouldn't work unless it was symmetrical.* There was only about 3mm in it! If you are talking about Euro locks, the default is that you can't insert a key when there is one on the other side. You can buy ones where you are specifically able to. I am not certain, but I have a feeling that I have seen ones where a second key can push the 1st key out from one side, but not from the other. SteveW All of the Euro cylinders that I've had and also fitted for other people have been very simple: the 2 keys are too long to be in together (this wouldn't be so in longer locks, but I've never used those). If a key is in and slighly turned there isn't room for the other key; if the key is not turned, the other key can push it through a bit. I suppose that long locks would need a mechanism to stop entry when not desired ;-) -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
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Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson" LOL), the Sociopathic Attention Whore
On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:06:01 +0100, Birdbrain Macaw (now "James Wilkinson"),
the pathological attention whore of all the uk ngs, blathered again: FLUSH idiot's blather -- More from Birdbrain Macaw's (now "James Wilkinson" LOL) abnormal sociopathic world: "Your eyes have something called an iris, you can't damage them looking at the sun. An eclipse is dimmer than the normal sun, so even safer. I never used any specs the last time 10 years ago and my eyes are fine." MID: |
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Keys in both sides of a lock?
"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message news On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:20:24 +0100, PeterC wrote: On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 18:08:09 +0100, Steve Walker wrote: On 03/10/2017 18:00, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: Are all locks designed this badly? I just had to break into my neighbour's house because he'd left a key on the inside of the lock, which prevented him from using a key on te outside of the lock. Can't they be made so the keys don't reach each other? It must be seperate barrels, or the key being the other way round wouldn't work unless it was symmetrical. There was only about 3mm in it! If you are talking about Euro locks, the default is that you can't insert a key when there is one on the other side. You can buy ones where you are specifically able to. I am not certain, but I have a feeling that I have seen ones where a second key can push the 1st key out from one side, but not from the other. SteveW All of the Euro cylinders that I've had and also fitted for other people have been very simple: the 2 keys are too long to be in together (this wouldn't be so in longer locks, but I've never used those). If a key is in and slighly turned there isn't room for the other key; if the key is not turned, the other key can push it through a bit. I suppose that long locks would need a mechanism to stop entry when not desired ;-) Surely that method is.... the burglar doesn't have the key? Having an extra "mechanism" to stop entry is admitting the lock is pickable. All affordable locks are pickable. Its about making them harder to pick by making it easy to avoid them being picked when you are inside etc. |
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