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longer than normal Best key

Postby cledry » 20 Feb 2017 9:15

Ran across a strange one. I was working at a government site and was asked to duplicate some Best keys. The odd thing was, the key was longer than a normal Best key. The lock wasn't behind any armor but the blank entered the core further than a standard key would allow. Se the mark on the long key, that is where the face of the core was. Obviously my duplicates wouldn't enter this lock far enough to operate.

Any thoughts; is this a simple but effective anti-duplication feature?

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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby Squelchtone » 20 Feb 2017 9:25

They probably have the ul437 lock somewhere at that facility and ended up having long blade keys for even the regular locks.

best literature mentions that 49H series: "1E7J4 requires long blade key for operation" page 19 http://bestaccess.com/files/4614/6183/8 ... es_WEB.pdf

I dont know the part number for your long blade keys however... but here is one for sale https://www.builders-hardware.com/index ... %2Cmfr-1KA

hope this helps
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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby Tyler J. Thomas » 20 Feb 2017 22:29

Squelch is right. The 49H have armored front mortise cylinders and require a longer key. I believe the 49H is considered a high security mortise deadlock.
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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby Tyler J. Thomas » 20 Feb 2017 22:31

And the 47H is the high security version of the 45H. See the rhyme and reason behind their models?
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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby jeffmoss26 » 26 Feb 2017 15:24

Not sure how I missed this one. Jet makes the long blanks, just add a B to the part number, e.g. 1A1A1B-NS
"I tried smoking a blank once. I was never able to keep the tip lit long enough to inhale." - ltdbjd
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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby cledry » 26 Feb 2017 20:28

jeffmoss26 wrote:Not sure how I missed this one. Jet makes the long blanks, just add a B to the part number, e.g. 1A1A1B-NS


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Re: longer than normal Best key

Postby jeffmoss26 » 26 Feb 2017 21:27

one of my suppliers had some of the long blanks on clearance so I got them for like 25 cents each :D
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