Bumpyroad
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Huntindog wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:Huntindog wrote:
But I see this as a major flaw in the design of RV locks. My home locks will not allow for this to happen, and I think it is wrong for it to do this in RV locks. But there is little competition in this area, and this is the way it is, along with the limited key issue.
my home locks can be locked by twisting the "thingy" while door is open and shut the door and it is locked. the dead bolt of course needs a key from the outside to lock/unlock it.
bumpy Yes but that requires YOU to lock it..
The problem with the RV locks is that I am able to lock the door upon leaving, and my unsuspecting wife can exit later, without unlocking it, locking herself out.
that's exactly how my home locks work. I can exit with them locked and close the door behind me, locking myself out.
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facory wrote:I have read a lot about how many keys will fit the standard trailer door lock. 2 questions: (1) Can the door locks be re-keyed like they do with padlocks? (2) If I buy a new lock will there be fewer keys that will fit?
There's a website rvlocks.com ? Where you can buy new locks and get them keyed alike you can also get cylinders so your lock,deadbolt and storage compartments all have the same key at least I only need one key
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Huntindog
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Bumpyroad wrote:Huntindog wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:Huntindog wrote:
But I see this as a major flaw in the design of RV locks. My home locks will not allow for this to happen, and I think it is wrong for it to do this in RV locks. But there is little competition in this area, and this is the way it is, along with the limited key issue.
my home locks can be locked by twisting the "thingy" while door is open and shut the door and it is locked. the dead bolt of course needs a key from the outside to lock/unlock it.
bumpy Yes but that requires YOU to lock it..
The problem with the RV locks is that I am able to lock the door upon leaving, and my unsuspecting wife can exit later, without unlocking it, locking herself out.
that's exactly how my home locks work. I can exit with them locked and close the door behind me, locking myself out.
bumpy We are not on the same page. let me try again.
Yes YOU can exit, locking your house door as you leave.... But if any one else leaves behind you, they must unlock the doorknob in order to leave, making it impossible for YOU to lock THEM out. This is how a normal residential doorknob works... Yes I know there are SOME, generally commercial doorknobs that always lock when closed, and that can be opened from inside while remaining locked.... But that is the exception to "normal".
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I have never locked the handle and only use the deadbolt. Never really understood why there were 2 keyholes.
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One key hole is for the paddle latch and the other for the deadbolt. You can lock them independently or together.
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GrandpaKip wrote:I have never locked the handle and only use the deadbolt. Never really understood why there were 2 keyholes. The door latch accepts a master key. Every dealer salesman, maintenance guy, yard boy, and broom pusher has a master key that will open the latch on the door, there are probably tens of thousands of those keys out there. This way when a dealer is showing you trailers, one key will open all the doors to RV's you want to look in (the dealer never uses the deadbolt lock).
The deadbolt lock takes a more specific key, there are probably only thousands of those out there. Your baggage doors, everyone in the world has a key for those.
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oops goofed.
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hohenwald48
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Bumpyroad wrote:
that's exactly how my home locks work. I can exit with them locked and close the door behind me, locking myself out.
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Not really.
Your home lock has a turn button in the middle of the knob so the person to exit after you can unlock the door and not be locked out. Your trailer door does not have a turn button for the paddle lock. The paddle lock can only be locked and unlocked with a key. There is no way to unlock it from the inside. You can open it from the inside but you can't unlock it. At least none I've ever seen have one. Maybe you have something custom and not the standard RV locks like the rest of us.
Some paddle locks were made so they could not even be opened from the inside if someone locked it with the key from the outside. That could trap folks in the RV with no way to open the door. That's why there was a recall of those locks.
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I solved my problem , I dont lock my camper . Please someone come in and take the toys in the bunk house , my extra blue jeans and old work coat . There is some canned goods if you are hungry , and a old mis matched tool set under the bed . If you need the stuff that bad , have at it .
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Huntindog
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SprinklerMan wrote:I solved my problem , I dont lock my camper . Please someone come in and take the toys in the bunk house , my extra blue jeans and old work coat . There is some canned goods if you are hungry , and a old mis matched tool set under the bed . If you need the stuff that bad , have at it . The property is of little concern to me.
But I would much prefer that the locks worked like residential door locks... Even though it will not make it Fort Knox, I would like it to slow the bad guys down, and make some noise so that whoever is in the TT can prepare a warm welcome for them.
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