My idea for a simple safety key feature
Posted: 25 Jul 2016, 20:22
Hi Forum!
It will scare me to leave my wife in CB without a functional "emergency exit", but at the same time, I would like to keep maximal control. Therefore I am not too happy about these "emergency key" numbered platic locks that can be opened upon impulse and without my consent.
Then I had the idea to lock the CB key into a short piece of alu tube with a hole drilled through it and a standard 3 or 4 digit padlock (like this one http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_230423_1.jpg) going through the 2 holes in the tube and the hole in the CB key. Then my wife can always ask me for the code in case of need (I am 99% reachable by mobile phone), but she can only get to the key with my acceptance of the circumstances of the emergency (having to pee is not!).
And every time the emergency key has been used, I can simply change the code of the lock, and off we go again.
If you avoid the large 4-digit padlocks and stick to 3-digits "luggage" types with thin wiring and if you flatten the tube to a more oval form, this solution can be made pretty small and discrete enough to fit into a womans handbag.
The only problem with 3 digits padlocks is that it takes 999 tries at 3 seconds each = 3.000 seconds = 50 minutes to hack the lock.
Better change the code preventively on a regular basis!
Please ignore my total lack of skills in artwork and see my drawing of the concept.
Kind regards
The Gentlemaster
It will scare me to leave my wife in CB without a functional "emergency exit", but at the same time, I would like to keep maximal control. Therefore I am not too happy about these "emergency key" numbered platic locks that can be opened upon impulse and without my consent.
Then I had the idea to lock the CB key into a short piece of alu tube with a hole drilled through it and a standard 3 or 4 digit padlock (like this one http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_230423_1.jpg) going through the 2 holes in the tube and the hole in the CB key. Then my wife can always ask me for the code in case of need (I am 99% reachable by mobile phone), but she can only get to the key with my acceptance of the circumstances of the emergency (having to pee is not!).
And every time the emergency key has been used, I can simply change the code of the lock, and off we go again.
If you avoid the large 4-digit padlocks and stick to 3-digits "luggage" types with thin wiring and if you flatten the tube to a more oval form, this solution can be made pretty small and discrete enough to fit into a womans handbag.
The only problem with 3 digits padlocks is that it takes 999 tries at 3 seconds each = 3.000 seconds = 50 minutes to hack the lock.
Better change the code preventively on a regular basis!
Please ignore my total lack of skills in artwork and see my drawing of the concept.
Kind regards
The Gentlemaster