That pin is called a relocker. If a thief were to use a punch to pound the lock off the door from the outside the pin is spring driven into place to prevent the door from opening. Yours was malfunctioning and could have been corrected. Removing the relocker significantly reduces the security of the safe.
Can you service my safe? Winchester customer service reply: egy perc 😂. Never go cheap on a potential nightmare; liberty mechanical dial. Interesting video tho
Thanks for the great video ! That's a shame about your safe , just a thought but do you think a really strong magnet could lift that pin from the outside of the door ?
Yep that kind of device is a fail safe device called a relocker, they have been common on the majority of safes for about 100 years, generally they are fitted directly to the locking mechanism and are triggered by physical force (like the one in your safe, if someone tried to knock the electronic locking bolt off the back of the door, it would take that flat piece of metal with it, releasing the spring bolt), on more sophisticated safes the relocker can have several means of activation ranging from wires under spring tension with heat sensitive crimps forming the wires into loops, so if they are exposed to excessive heat (like from a cutting torch) the crimp melts releasing the loop and triggering the relocker, or a very common one is mounting the locking devices on a tempered glass block that will break if someone attempts to drill through it, or if anyone hits the door, this type of glass trigger has been known to break and activate the relocker just because the door has been slammed shut too hard).
That pin is called a relocker. If a thief were to use a punch to pound the lock off the door from the outside the pin is spring driven into place to prevent the door from opening. Yours was malfunctioning and could have been corrected. Removing the relocker significantly reduces the security of the safe.
Some expensive safes have glass relockers. This is why they tell you to open the safe before moving it
Can you service my safe? Winchester customer service reply: egy perc 😂. Never go cheap on a potential nightmare; liberty mechanical dial. Interesting video tho
Let us know when you remove the relocker from your next safe and I'll send some to test the functionality for you:)
Thanks for the great video ! That's a shame about your safe , just a thought but do you think a really strong magnet could lift that pin from the outside of the door ?
Yep that kind of device is a fail safe device called a relocker, they have been common on the majority of safes for about 100 years, generally they are fitted directly to the locking mechanism and are triggered by physical force (like the one in your safe, if someone tried to knock the electronic locking bolt off the back of the door, it would take that flat piece of metal with it, releasing the spring bolt), on more sophisticated safes the relocker can have several means of activation ranging from wires under spring tension with heat sensitive crimps forming the wires into loops, so if they are exposed to excessive heat (like from a cutting torch) the crimp melts releasing the loop and triggering the relocker, or a very common one is mounting the locking devices on a tempered glass block that will break if someone attempts to drill through it, or if anyone hits the door, this type of glass trigger has been known to break and activate the relocker just because the door has been slammed shut too hard).