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SD Endorf
Joined: 24 Apr 2015 Posts: 88
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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: 11116 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: 11116 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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chastuck
Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Location: Beckenham, Kent, UK
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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.
_________________ "And the only time I feel alright is when I'm into drinking. It sort of eases the pain of it and levels out my thinking". Lyric extract "From Clare To Here" by Ralph McTell.
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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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kal Forum Administrator
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Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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