Key orientation..galley and doors

Steve & Ellen

Steve & Ellen

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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
 
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
 
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. :)
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