How to Open a Dial Safe Without the Combination
If you have a dial safe containing valuable personal possessions but you can't remember the combination, you need to figure out a way to open the safe and access your property. Dial safes are often designed with features built-in that allow you to open the safe even if you do not have the combination. You can accomplish the mission with the emergency key.
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Instructions
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Pull the dial panel off the combination safe. Usually it simply pulls off.
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Look for the hidden keyhole on the interior panel underneath where the dial rested. This is usually a small round notch in the safe.
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Insert the emergency key into the emergency keyhole slot.
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Turn the key clockwise until you hear the safe lock release. Return the key back to its beginning position and remove the key.
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Turn the handle that opens the safe downward and pull open the safe.
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If they can't remember the combination, then they probably won't remember where they put the key either.
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Besides, the SECOND this information hit the street, criminals would start using this way to bypass all other methods to get in.. Totally USELESS Information.
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Not all safe's have this feature.. in fact, VERY FEW do.
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Next post: How to open a dial safe WITH the combination.
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Hard to believe someone actually posted this. ;)
