Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
It has been known that some oxygen theives have placed this hook into it;s locator when the door is closed while the owners are inside &/or asleep, locking them inside while they have a free go at their car & its contents.
To avoid this happening while inside fit a padlock to the locator, the small circular peice that the hook goes in in the closed position. Be shure the shank of the padlock in big enough to fill this locator so the hook cannot be fitted in as well. Cheers;
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Very good tip for which I thank you. Very sad that it's necessary, though. Went to my dentist today in a respectable Perth suburban shopping area. Surprised to find you now have to ring a bell to seek admission to the (ground floor) surgery/office. Asked why and was told there had been trouble with . . . (and you can imagine which ethnic group was mentioned. It is not from overseas). How long do we have to put up with this? Tony
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Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
It has been known that some oxygen theives have placed this hook into it;s locator when the door is closed while the owners are inside &/or asleep, locking them inside while they have a free go at their car & its contents.
To avoid this happening while inside fit a padlock to the locator, the small circular peice that the hook goes in in the closed position. Be shure the shank of the padlock in big enough to fill this locator so the hook cannot be fitted in as well. Cheers;
Friends,please remember to not lock yourselves in your vans or campers so securely that in an emergency you are locked in.If for instance you have a fire it would be a burden to emergency services trying to help you if they are locked out.Just a thought.
Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
It has been known that some oxygen theives have placed this hook into it;s locator when the door is closed while the owners are inside &/or asleep, locking them inside while they have a free go at their car & its contents.
To avoid this happening while inside fit a padlock to the locator, the small circular peice that the hook goes in in the closed position. Be shure the shank of the padlock in big enough to fill this locator so the hook cannot be fitted in as well. Cheers;
Friends,please remember to not lock yourselves in your vans or campers so securely that in an emergency you are locked in.If for instance you have a fire it would be a burden to emergency services trying to help you if they are locked out.Just a thought.
This system does not lock you in or make it any harder for emergency to get in if required, it stoppes someone else from locking you in.
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Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
My van doesn't have that hook.
As an extra security I have installed a lockable night chain to the inside of my door.
I use it at night instead of locking the door & use it as a secondary latch when traveling or when the van is unattended.
Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
My van doesn't have that hook.
As an extra security I have installed a lockable night chain to the inside of my door.
I use it at night instead of locking the door & use it as a secondary latch when traveling or when the van is unattended.
Cupie, thats the same system that I posted about under personal saftey a couple of days back.
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Another saftey tip, as most vans have a cabin hook on the door, thats the chrome hook that holds the door open & serves as a secondary catch when the door is closed.
It has been known that some oxygen theives have placed this hook into it;s locator when the door is closed while the owners are inside &/or asleep, locking them inside
Hadn't thought of this one! seems like a way to get one's own back at those who run noisy air cons all night!
Cupie, a good idea too, but how do you use it on the outside for travelling or for when it is unattended please?
The device has a tounge on one end of the chain that is held in place by the keyed locking mechanism that attaches to the door.
Like all night latches the door opens about 5cm. Enough to get your hand in but not enough to release the chain from its slot on the wall bracket.
From the outside you reach in & insert the key from the top & unlock. The tounge falls out from behind the lock.
The locking process is the reverse. ie. you just reach in & push the tongue upwards into its receiver at the rear of the lock.
I installed this around 10 yrs ago having purchased the lock from Bunnings for around $12.
Thanks Cupie, I didn't know you could get these sliders with a key lock, sounds pretty good to me, must check that one out for the campervan sliding door, should work ok there too.
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You should NEVER have ANY lock or bolt system on the outside of the door that may be allowed to lock you in.
I agree.
There was a story doing the rounds a few years ago about young locals at Pt Augusta doing exactly what was described in the original post.
In addition to installing the lockable chain inside my door, I also disabled the slider on the inside of the lock. The slider was intended to lock the door from the inside.
By sliding this to the locked position & then closing the door, it is not possible to use the key from the outside. Easy to lock yourself out. (This was a feature of the old pre 'tri lock'doors)
I noticed an outside lock on a camper today. I parked in the local carpark. Noticed a camper, slideon model. Walked around it as had noticed the green sign on the back is The Wanderer, looking for other stickers. When I got to the camper door I noticed a slide lock and it was locked. No one home so I didn't knock but only realised when reading the above, what would happen if owner sleeping inside and someone slid it along on the outside. There didn't seem to be any other way out, just windows. It wasn't the chain sort, only a slide lock. ( I think, didn't take any more notice of it)
