The battery has gone on my electronic safe and we can't find the back-up physical key. We need the things that are in there. Is there a way to get round this, please?
CJ - are you sure that the batteries are 'stone dead' - warming the keypad for a good while with a hairdrier and/or giving the safe a good rattle (in case there is a bad contact) may just get them to limp into life for long enough. Otherwise you may be into brute force :+(
My safe had four bolts on the back. When I unscrewed these I was able to get into the battery compartment. If that option is not available then fair point. My safe was not so 'safe' after I figured this out. It was not a expensive model.
CJ - are you sure that the batteries are 'stone dead' - warming the keypad for a good while with a hairdrier and/or giving the safe a good rattle (in case there is a bad contact) may just get them to limp into life for long enough.
Thank you for your replies. You have to open it before you can change the batteries.
I managed it by blasting it with a hairdryer for a minute to get the batteries to charge just enough to open it.
/// don't think i'd declare on the internet that i owned a safe ... ///
If one is seeking a home insurance quote on one of these 'compare' type sites, they not only ask you for your address, type of locks etc but also if one owns a safe.
dannyk13
/// If you don't mention it you won't be covered. ///
Surely if one is insured for person possessions i.e. jewellery, then it should make no difference if it in a safe, a draw, or on top of a dressing table?
I don't keep large amounts of money in my safes and all the jewellery and other high value small items in the safe are listed with the insurance company, as they should be whether kept in a safe or not.
I keep spare house and car keys, credit and debit cards and important paperwork in the safes.
Insurance companies only get twitchy about safes if you keep your life savings and very expensive jewellery in them as policies typically only cover for a few hundred pounds cash and won't cover expensive jewellery that isn't individually listed.