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04-26-2007, 10:21 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napanee
Posts: 3,440
M.O.C. #1493
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Compartment Locks
As everyone knows, the compartment locks for all RV's are keyed the same with the CH571 key.
For your info: I took all my compartment locks to a locksmith and he changed the lock configeration and cut new keys so all my compartment locks are again keyed alike but for my keys only. Cost for all 3 locks was $15.00.
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04-26-2007, 10:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids
Posts: 4,876
M.O.C. #1944
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Bill and Ann
As everyone knows, the compartment locks for all RV's are keyed the same with the CH571 key.
For your info: I took all my compartment locks to a locksmith and he changed the lock configeration and cut new keys so all my compartment locks are again keyed alike but for my keys only. Cost for all 3 locks was $15.00.
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Bill and Ann,
Those compartment locks are only to keep an honest person honest. You can get into any of them with a screwdriver by inserting at the edge of the door and prying it open. Changing the locks doesn't help a lot. However, I understand your feelings about it.
Orv
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04-26-2007, 10:50 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Down the Road
Posts: 5,627
M.O.C. #889
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$15 is pretty cheap insurance to have all three locks changed. I have been tossing the idea around about having mine done as well... A thief can break into our coach via the basement storage doors as easy as he/she could break into our tow vehicle by breaking the window. Both actions will take less than 10 seconds to complete, and have the same effect on us...
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04-26-2007, 11:14 AM
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Established Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Omaha
Posts: 40
M.O.C. #7073
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True, nothing is going to stop a determined criminal from breaking into your stuff, but rekeying the locks will at least keep people with keys from availing themselves of an opportunity to see if you have anything they might want. I especially worry about an RV in a storage facility for the winter.
Changing the locks would provide a little more peace of mind and could just be enough to keep an otherwise honest person honest, or at least get someone to move on to an easier target...
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04-26-2007, 11:30 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Napanee
Posts: 3,440
M.O.C. #1493
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I realize that if a person wants in they are going to get in. By changing the locks I have just made it a bit more difficult. At least now they will have to work a bit.
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04-26-2007, 12:11 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: South
Posts: 2,499
M.O.C. #5140
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I purchased 3 tubular locks - the ones that use the tubular keys. I found that the original key would occassionaly break on the barn door lock because of the friction to keep both doors closed. Total cost around $20.
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04-26-2007, 12:26 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: North Ridgeville
Posts: 20,229
M.O.C. #2839
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You don't have to be a determined thief to get into any compartment. Check them out for sturdiness You can cut through one with a finger nail clipper .Now I can see spending some money to come up with a sturdier latch to keep them closed
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04-26-2007, 12:40 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Good idea, Bill and Ann.
Ozz
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04-26-2007, 01:34 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location:
Posts: 2,232
M.O.C. #2975
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Don put the tubular locks on our basement doors and also the original locks are there too. So we have the two different kinds of locks. Won't stop anyone but may slow them down.
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04-26-2007, 01:47 PM
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Established Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Anchorage
Posts: 30
M.O.C. #6762
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This issue brings up another question: Has anyone had a security system installed and, if so, what do you recommend?
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04-26-2007, 04:28 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Midlothian
Posts: 956
M.O.C. #40
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I changed the locks on the compartment doors soon after purchase.
Camping World has a set of 3 with the round keys all keyed the same for about $20.
Just makes me feel a little more secure.
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04-26-2007, 04:35 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bonita Springs
Posts: 1,943
M.O.C. #6977
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the biggest help would be if there was a way to lock the clothes chute door in the floor as when they get in the basement they are in the coach as i know , i have done it to test it and its all of 14 seconds and you are in , then you come out the door as fire code says open from the inside
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04-26-2007, 04:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Lone Tree
Posts: 5,615
M.O.C. #6109
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John,
You can block that laundry chute pretty well with the bathroom door when your away.
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04-26-2007, 06:05 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: South
Posts: 2,499
M.O.C. #5140
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I met someone in a park who used one of those hotel room door locks - the large U shaped brass thingy. Looked great. Thinking about it.
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04-26-2007, 08:35 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Morgan City
Posts: 642
M.O.C. #2773
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This is an idea I have been playing with. I haven't had much time to search for the parts I need yet. http://www.southco.com/resources/documents/a8.en.pdf
This is a system we use on electrical cabinets. If anyone can make it work it will be Ozz.
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04-27-2007, 03:00 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hernando
Posts: 127
M.O.C. #2888
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Our 3500 storage was broken into last year. They just twisted the finger pull until the door was unlocked. The finger pull has a flat side, so when twisted, it will twist the lock. The material the doors are made of won't hold against twisting like that, it'll just deform the material as the whole lock assembly rotates. I'm thinking of making an aluminum plate to attach to the inside of the door to prevent that rotation, but have to come up with a way to cut the hole with one flat side to hold the lock.
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04-27-2007, 03:10 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winfield
Posts: 7,327
M.O.C. #6846
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Does anybody make a lock that has bars that extend the entire width of the basement doors?? Sort of like a garage door lock. I guess the creative types could make such a lock, I can see the benefits. It still wouldn't make the doors break-in proof, but at least it would require a major amount of destruction to get in that way.
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04-27-2007, 04:37 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Oakland
Posts: 887
M.O.C. #5811
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bncinwv, I have considered using the type of lock used on truck utility beds. It has a center release/lock with a metal rod to each side to secure the door. The door would have to have a section cut out to install the the latch, but it would much more secure than what is there now.
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04-27-2007, 04:53 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Winfield
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M.O.C. #6846
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Nailbender,
That is what I was considering, any references or web-sites that have such latch mechanisms.
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