Gun Safe Won’t Open

[Patton]

I have a Safari Gun Safe that won’t open. When I ‘wake up’ the key pad it tells me low battery; the battery LED indicator shows about 1/3 full. I enter the correct code, it says ‘open’, but the door won’t unlock.

There is a small pin hole on the key pad; it doesn’t look like there is any hex key or screw in there. Smallest hex I put in there didn’t grab anything. I tried using a door punch and pushing around in there.

I tried rotating the keypad from the safe but no dice.






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[bullhead44]

Have you changed the battery?

[PondPopper]

Put a new battery in it.. Mine does the same thing all the time.. New battery fixes it Everytime. These junky things like a hot battery. They won't operate on a battery a little on the low side.

[CastAndBlast]

Gun Safe Won’t Open

Battery is too low to disengage the lock. The silver ring around the keypad should rotate off

[Lone_Wolf]

Change the battery

[Lone_Wolf]

Well i guess I didn't post quick enough.

[RR 314]

Put a new battery in it.. Mine does the same thing all the time.. New battery fixes it Everytime. These junky things like a hot battery. They won't operate on a battery a little on the low side.

Yup. I have a liberty at the ranch. Duracell works and oddly enough would not reset with a new Energizer. Bought a two pack of Energizers--recent manufacture--and wouldn't work with either. New Duracell opened right up. Odd.

[Hogmauler]

New battery. My Liberty Fatboy does the same.

[bakin7005]

Has anyone mentioned a new battery?

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[Bowlife]

I think he is saying that he can’t figure out how/where to put a new battery.

[Patton]

I think he is saying that he can’t figure out how/where to put a new battery.

Correct, thank you. Poorly worded on my part. And of the nth YouTube videos I have watched, I haven’t seen one with this keypad. All the others the battery pops right out of the bottom or the keypad pops off.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

Try pushing up on entire key pad with the base of your palm. (Pretty firmly)


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[chwoodall]

Manual rotary lock..

I have always had a fear in the back of my head some scenario where an EMP or something smoked my locks and im f'd lol

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[Gclyde28]

The keypad twists off allowing access to change the battery. I think you twist counter clockwise if I remember correctly.

[Patton]

Gun Safe Won’t Open

Well it appears this keypad wasn’t meant to come off. I broke the three plastic pins holding it on.

The small hole on the keypad seems to be a way to deliver auxiliary power? How would I go about doing that? What tool/device is needed?