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Convert lock from key operated to combination?
We have a night latch - one of these:
https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? |
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GB wrote on 31/05/2018 :
We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I have one on the small side door of my garage. Which operates on 18v DC from memory. You can set it with 6 to 8 number /letter code entry, with four different user codes and a master code. So four different people could have their own different entry code, one person leaves the company, so just their code needs to be changed to a new one for a new person. Type one of the correct codes in and power is applied to the latch to release it it hinge out of the way, but only for a preset few seconds when it re-locks. A normal Yale type key can also be used as usual. I got fed up of needing a key to get into my garage/workshop, so added this instead. Now I just need to remember the entry code. I get in fine, if I do it without thinking, but struggle to remember the code if I think about it :-? |
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Brian Gaff wrote :
On a lock I often have to use on a charity rented room the keys are not in the standard keypad order and are in two rows, so trying to get in when you want to without sight can be a bit annoying to say the least! Brian Mine has three rows across, four down. 1 to 9 plus A, 0, B at the bottom. I rely on muscle memory to press the right buttons, in the correct order. |
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Does it have a pip on the 5?
Brian -- ----- - This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please! "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message news Brian Gaff wrote : On a lock I often have to use on a charity rented room the keys are not in the standard keypad order and are in two rows, so trying to get in when you want to without sight can be a bit annoying to say the least! Brian Mine has three rows across, four down. 1 to 9 plus A, 0, B at the bottom. I rely on muscle memory to press the right buttons, in the correct order. |
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On 31/05/2018 14:33, Brian Gaff wrote:
On a lock I often have to use on a charity rented room the keys are not in the standard keypad order and are in two rows, so trying to get in when you want to without sight can be a bit annoying to say the least! Brian Surely, for you, the combination is something like: Col 1, row 3 Col 2, row 5 etc Unless you have a reader that can read out the legends on each key, what is written on them does not matter. |
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On 31/05/2018 14:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
GB wrote on 31/05/2018 : We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I was hoping just to replace the cylinder with a combination version, but I suspect that that does not exist. Due to location, it needs to be mechanical. I have one on the small side door of my garage. Which operates on 18v DC from memory. You can set it with 6 to 8 number /letter code entry, with four different user codes and a master code. So four different people could have their own different entry code, one person leaves the company, so just their code needs to be changed to a new one for a new person. Type one of the correct codes in and power is applied to the latch to release it it hinge out of the way, but only for a preset few seconds when it re-locks. A normal Yale type key can also be used as usual. I got fed up of needing a key to get into my garage/workshop, so added this instead. Now I just need to remember the entry code. I get in fine, if I do it without thinking, but struggle to remember the code if I think about it :-? Interesting, thanks. |
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Brian Gaff presented the following explanation :
Does it have a pip on the 5? Not that I have ever noticed, but I manage just fine even in the dark. |
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On Thu, 31 May 2018 14:41:28 +0100, GB
wrote: On 31/05/2018 14:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote: GB wrote on 31/05/2018 : We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I was hoping just to replace the cylinder with a combination version, but I suspect that that does not exist. Due to location, it needs to be mechanical. You could fit a mechanical code lock such as https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-233214 but they are significantly less secure than the lock you are replacing in that the 4 digit code can be entered in any order - so 1234 or 2431 etc will open the lock. Over time the 4 valid numbers tend to be easy to spot by deposits of dirt etc on the number pads. (All mechanical locks have this problem). |
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On 31/05/2018 14:33, Brian Gaff wrote:
On a lock I often have to use on a charity rented room the keys are not in the standard keypad order and are in two rows, so trying to get in when you want to without sight can be a bit annoying to say the least! Brian You would really like the ones that use an LCD touch pad and randomly arrange the numbers each time they are used. |
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On 31/05/18 14:41, GB wrote:
On 31/05/2018 14:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote: GB wrote on 31/05/2018 : We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I was hoping just to replace the cylinder with a combination version, but I suspect that that does not exist. Due to location, it needs to be mechanical. I have one on the small side door of my garage. Which operates on 18v DC from memory. You can set it with 6 to 8 number /letter code entry, with four different user codes and a master code. So four different people could have their own different entry code, one person leaves the company, so just their code needs to be changed to a new one for a new person. Type one of the correct codes in and power is applied to the latch to release it it hinge out of the way, but only for a preset few seconds when it re-locks. A normal Yale type key can also be used as usual. I got fed up of needing a key to get into my garage/workshop, so added this instead. Now I just need to remember the entry code. I get in fine, if I do it without thinking, but struggle to remember the code if I think about it :-? Interesting, thanks. A bit pricey, but this any use? https://www.locksonline.co.uk/Yale-K...ital-Lock.html |
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On 31/05/2018 19:42, Richard wrote:
On 31/05/18 14:41, GB wrote: On 31/05/2018 14:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote: GB wrote on 31/05/2018 : We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I was hoping just to replace the cylinder with a combination version, but I suspect that that does not exist. Due to location, it needs to be mechanical. I have one on the small side door of my garage. Which operates on 18v DC from memory. You can set it with 6 to 8 number /letter code entry, with four different user codes and a master code. So four different people could have their own different entry code, one person leaves the company, so just their code needs to be changed to a new one for a new person. Type one of the correct codes in and power is applied to the latch to release it it hinge out of the way, but only for a preset few seconds when it re-locks. A normal Yale type key can also be used as usual. I got fed up of needing a key to get into my garage/workshop, so added this instead. Now I just need to remember the entry code. I get in fine, if I do it without thinking, but struggle to remember the code if I think about it :-? Interesting, thanks. A bit pricey, but this any use? https://www.locksonline.co.uk/Yale-K...ital-Lock.html Thanks, Richard. That does look like what I need. Shame it takes batteries, though. |
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On 31/05/2018 19:42, Richard wrote: A bit pricey, but this any use? https://www.locksonline.co.uk/Yale-K...ital-Lock.html Thanks, Richard. That does look like what I need. Shame it takes batteries, though. ERA does a much cheaper version, about £40 I think, available from All Good Hardware Shops. No batteries. You can get even cheaper Chinese ones on-line. They come as complete nightlatch kits but you can just fit the keypad mechanism over the external face of the old key cylinder. -- Jack |
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On 31-May-18 5:50 PM, Peter Parry wrote:
On Thu, 31 May 2018 14:41:28 +0100, GB wrote: On 31/05/2018 14:23, Harry Bloomfield wrote: GB wrote on 31/05/2018 : We have a night latch - one of these: https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-850075 What is the best way (ie easiest, not necessarily cheapest) to convert this to combination lock? The easiest way, is to use an electric one. You would need to replace the part which fixes onto the door frame (the latch ?), with a solenoid operated version, then add a suitable keypad and logic somewhere near the door. I was hoping just to replace the cylinder with a combination version, but I suspect that that does not exist. Due to location, it needs to be mechanical. You could fit a mechanical code lock such as https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk/...-chrome-233214 but they are significantly less secure than the lock you are replacing in that the 4 digit code can be entered in any order - so 1234 or 2431 etc will open the lock. Over time the 4 valid numbers tend to be easy to spot by deposits of dirt etc on the number pads. (All mechanical locks have this problem). Mech locks can't have an increasingly longer wait between goes. Find a 4 ring combo padlock and see how long it takes to crack. So if its out of sight any scally have have a look round your gaff. Why have any external pad? Use bluetooth/wireless and phone. If it can work a lamp it can work a latch solenoid. https://openhomeautomation.net/contr...8266-wifi-chip https://www.electriclock.net/electri...ase-12vdc.html |
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replying to GB, aguerrier01 wrote:
I am in the USA and I got a padlock Master model M176 ;I forgot the combination and I misplaced the key;how can you help to open it. -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/uk-diy...n-1291030-.htm |
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aguerrier01 wrote:
I am in the USA and I got a padlock Master model M176 ;I forgot the combination and I misplaced the key;how can you help to open it. https://youtu.be/OEOmzZrEs6w?t=1m25s |
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