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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 3:26 pm Post subject: Help Please. Lost Key |
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I can't find my key to turn on the control panel. I have the big key to open the box. Can I bypass the lock inside? How?
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Kal.
Just ordered a new one.
Stupid..Stupid..Stupid..
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11123 Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers!
I recommend putting one of the two keys away somewhere safe, just in case! Then if you lose the main one, you can make copy and not have to replace the switch.
Kal
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chastuck
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Link Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2020 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Now here's a funny thing. I did the same and lost both keys for my Kal control panel just a short while ago. I had self-assembled the panel as a kit from Kal's suppliers several years ago. Meanwhile, a couple of years later, I had also built a much smaller control panel for my 50L Braumeister and accompanying small HLT (just one PID and a timer). For this panel I purchased a locking switch from a completely different supplier in the UK. Thinking it wouldn't work, I tried the UK key in the Kal control panel and it worked perfectly. Which leads me to believe that all these type of switching key locks have a very limited key cut distinction.
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SD Endorf
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Link Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:37 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the idea. I tried several other keys but no luck.
I can't believe after over 4 years of brewing with this fantastic system, I lost the key.
Since the key(s) were always one of two places - either in the control panel, or hanging on a key caddie, I never bothered to separate the two. I have no idea what happened to them since the last brew session.
My system is set up in a heated garage with no little ones around. When the replacement arrives I might as well keep one key in the control panel, and store the other one.
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