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OH-MAN

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I bought the Costco Bighorn electronic lock safe for ammo storage.
Yes it was less than a dam fire security cabinet.
Battery was dead so I changed it out and keypad refuses to do anything!
I see same brand keypad ( Securam) complete with inside latch on Amazon for like a hundred bucks.
Any body know if I plug the new keypad into the wire harness going into the safe if that will work??Next step is a safe smith.
Anyone recomend someone?
I am around 67th ave. and Bell
I know, I know Costco crap
 
Did you buy it direct from Costco? Call their cust.serv. line if you did.

I bought my TV from Costco. Itcarried a longer warranty through them than the factory one simply because I bought it there, at no additional cost. I ended up needing it.
 
Well that would suck.
Bighorn safes are made by rhinometalsinc.com
Maybe their customer support can help.
Good luck! I hope you get your safe open (without resorting to an angle grinder).
 
Yeah the keypad has no life at all no lights or beeps ect.
I will try Rhino to see what happens next.
Thanks guys!
 
I went to Safe City to buy a newer and bigger safe a couple of years ago. Turned out they had a brand new one in the back, not even unpacked yet.

They unpacked it and tried to get into it unsuccessfully. Turns out the digital lock was DOA from the factory.

I asked Jesse how often he had encountered mechanical locks that had failed. He said that in his 16 years in the business he'd never seen it happen.

I don't use electronic.
 
I have five with electronic locks, lol, dummy me could'nt get one to open, so had billdeserthills stop in, and dang near fell on the floor laughing as i had not changed the batteries in any of them, now i do it once a year, other than that issue have not had any and i have five with electronic locks and two with tumblers, problem with the tumblers is i forget how many right, how many left, ect. hehehe. just me, i'm slow me thinks
best of luck with it
Rj
 
I know nothing , just purely guessing.
If the battery was completely dead for a long time the lock may have forgot the code that was set into it . In doing that it may have defaulted to a factory pre-set requiring a special code ,,,,,maybe.
I would sure call bighorn and ask,,,,, could not hurt.
 
EMP attack and you guys are all locked out of safes at a very bad time. Electronic locks are all hackable and easily opened by criminals and the feds, government criminals. Devices also exist to lock you out of your safe which is one reason they are pushed this way now. There will come a day when this is the only option available. Internal electronics burn up you are cutting a hole in the door to get inside. Electronic locks are garbage.
 
Well, I have a locksmith coming out tomorrow.
They are prepared to drill if needed.
I will keep everyone posted after they finish.
 
Dang, a tough thing to have to deal with, hope they can get it open.
I don't know what they will cost to drill, but if it comes to drilling, would it be worth it to try and swap out the key pad unit? Just a thought, maybe the locksmith can answer the question if that would be a feasible option.
Good luck.
 
OH-MAN said:
Well, I have a locksmith coming out tomorrow.
They are prepared to drill if needed.
I will keep everyone posted after they finish.
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I have a safe guy let me know if you need assistance, sorry just read the post.
 
I looked into changing my electronic locks for dial, and there is a kit available for the Costco safes, from the manufacturer. Costs around $200 to swap with their kit.

I have the same safe, but haven't had any problems....yet.
 
i have at least 4 of the electronic safe locks and the rest are std tumblers, and short of the old guy forgetting one must change batteries once in a while have had no issues.
hehe, classic is when billdeserthills, calmly says" well guy, maybe a new battery is the problem, you do know when it makes that one noise its the battery, right" he had a way of saying it to be sincere yet somewhat condenscending, hehem what a hoot he is, and one helluva lock smithy

best of luck
Rj
 
I can't tell you the brand right now, but my electronic keypad will twist aside revealing a hole where you insert a very long key to open the safe in the event of an electronic failure. It's not an expensive safe but it is fireproof. 1800 degrees for an hour, I think. You all must be talking about safes with no such key access port, right?
 
Allrighty then.
After two no can do and a no call back I Called ACME locksmith.
Kind of liked the name!!
Came out tried the electric lock for a bit but had to drill it.
I was going to just leave it without a lock, but he had a AMSEC keypad with him.
So I had him install it to make it a safe again instead of a locker.
Call me crazy but I now have a cheap Costco bighorn that costs close to a real safe.
I wanted a mech dial but he did not have one and it was getting close to 7PM
I had just purged the receipt so I could not go back to Costco.
Hope I am not back here again with another OH CRAP I did it again.
Thanks everyone for the help.
 
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