Key orientation..galley and doors

Something I just noticed today. I may have been told and maybe everybody else knows.....
If I orient the stamped number on the door key or galley key to the side of the stamped number on the lock, it will go in. There is a common orientation of the number on the key to the number on the lock. This explanation is harder to pen than to figure out with key in hand. I have tried to figure a way to know to insert the key. Today I figured it out.

Steve

 

AHA!!!!!! And thanks.....You are quite right!
Thanks!
Eileen

 

Steve,
good info. I have been fiddling with the keys and that really helps.
Thanks, Pat

 

We put a dab of red nail polish on the galley key to help eliminate this frustration and the door keys are interchangable I believe, as I never look anymore to see what goes where. I just know the red dot is the galley.

 

Hi,

A trailer buddy of mine with many thousands of miles on various trailers suggested identifying the keys with a little engraver. In order, ours are K for kitchen, C for cabin, T for trunk, P for pin lock, and B for ball. It took about 10 minutes for two sets, and has saved many minutes in operation. I guess the key orientation was less of an issue with us -- the flat part of the key goes toward the middle of the lock. I hadn't even noticed that there was/is a number...

Just back from Kansas with a failing trailer battery -- I guess 6 years is good enough.

Later,

Skip Eastman

 

Here's another solution....purchase plastic slip-on key identifiers. They come in colors and have different textures so you can identify a key in the dark if needed.....any key shop will have a great variety....

I also seperate keys for the hitch and assorted such locks from the trailer keys with color coded fobs. Just grab the set I need even on the run...

Kent

 

Don't forget the key identifiers we have on the online store.

Cary

 

We bought this key ring at Home Depot. The keys are positioned relative to the trailer: first (front storage hatch (and chock lock), middle (cabin), last (kitchen). Easy and no reading of the fine print.