93sr20det
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anyone have a winchester evault and know how to reset the combonation?
anyone have a winchester evault and know how to reset the combonation?
I don't know, but why don't you ask winchestervault.com?
-- John D.
The electric motor that unlocks the vault is either shorted out a bit, slipped a gear, or dead.First time I heard that. I closed the door and punched in the numbers again, but this time, the door did not open, and I heard that same short "whirr" sound again. Same results upon multiple retries.
The emergency key does still open it, thank goodness, but it seems as though some mechanical part inside has failed.
If you have the time, tools, and inclination, you might be able to replace the unlocking wire yourself.When you enter the correct combination on the keypad, a small electric motor starts spinning. This motor takes up the slack in a very thin stranded wire. The other end of this thin wire is attached to the latch mechanism. So... it winds up and literally snatches the lock open. While the latch is momentarily in this retracted position, the springs on the door hinge swing the door open before the whole motor/wire/latch assembly can rebound. Mine had failed because the wire was frayed and broken, not on the ends where you might expect a weakening due to the crimps that hold both ends in place but mine was frayed and broken right in the middle.
That description sounds exactly like what has happened.TFred wrote:The electric motor that unlocks the vault is either shorted out a bit, slipped a gear, or dead.First time I heard that. I closed the door and punched in the numbers again, but this time, the door did not open, and I heard that same short "whirr" sound again. Same results upon multiple retries.
The emergency key does still open it, thank goodness, but it seems as though some mechanical part inside has failed.
Apparently you're not the only one, either...
http://www.amazon.com/eVault-1200-Electronic-Safe-Md/dp/B00266DY5Y
If you have the time, tools, and inclination, you might be able to replace the unlocking wire yourself.When you enter the correct combination on the keypad, a small electric motor starts spinning. This motor takes up the slack in a very thin stranded wire. The other end of this thin wire is attached to the latch mechanism. So... it winds up and literally snatches the lock open. While the latch is momentarily in this retracted position, the springs on the door hinge swing the door open before the whole motor/wire/latch assembly can rebound. Mine had failed because the wire was frayed and broken, not on the ends where you might expect a weakening due to the crimps that hold both ends in place but mine was frayed and broken right in the middle.
If you give up on that thing, and can't get a warranty repair, would you mind if I took a crack at it, no pun intended?
I need a couple of weeks before I could look at the safe, as I need to finish making a night-vision device for my final project at BRCC, but I wouldn't mind a new project when I'm done with this.
Also, I'd be up Winchester's A:cuss::cuss: about this safe, since they put their name on it, but maybe that's just me.