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Hilda Winkler

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Jul 2, 2021, 7:50:32 AM7/2/21
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Hi group, can someone help please??? I have a Sentry safe #sfw082et, i don't have the combination number.. anyone know how to open the solenoid electronically.?? i tried to apply 6v to red black and green, didn't work. the safe is from a relative who passed away.. any help will be taken seriously

Rob

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Jul 2, 2021, 8:32:08 AM7/2/21
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Hilda Winkler <hildawi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi group, can someone help please??? I have a Sentry safe #sfw082et, i don't have the combination number.. anyone know how to open the solenoid electronically.?? i tried to apply 6v to red black and green, didn't work. the safe is from a relative who passed away.. any help will be taken seriously

Opening the solenoid is not easy, but they can be drilled open.

Peter W.

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Jul 2, 2021, 8:47:45 AM7/2/21
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On Friday, July 2, 2021 at 7:50:32 AM UTC-4, hildawi...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi group, can someone help please??? I have a Sentry safe #sfw082et, i don't have the combination number.. anyone know how to open the solenoid electronically.?? i tried to apply 6v to red black and green, didn't work. the safe is from a relative who passed away.. any help will be taken seriously


Such as in many hotel rooms and so forth?

And you want us to give you a 'way in'?

Really?

I suggest you get in touch with the manufacturer. They will know how to do it, as well as verify your bona-fides.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

Andy Burns

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Jul 2, 2021, 9:11:34 AM7/2/21
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Peter W. wrote:

> Hilda wrote:
>
>> I have a Sentry safe #sfw082et, i don't have the combination number.. anyone know how to open the solenoid electronically.
>
> Such as in many hotel rooms and so forth?
> And you want us to give you a 'way in'?
> Really?

The LockPickingLawyer is less snooty about such things, I bet the
internals are similar to one he shows a "low skill attack" on

<https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer/search?query=Sentry>

Ron D.

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Jul 2, 2021, 11:11:20 PM7/2/21
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My mom's friend was in that situation. She had her husband's safe, he passed and didn't know the combination. No oe would open it or knew how. Her son was a millionaire.

My skill set is limited, but I can open master padlocks and simple left-right-left safes. I learned by taking them apart. I'ts a combination of feel and mathematics. Usually takes about 20 minutes and < 20 minutes to actually know the numbers.

She chose to leave it open, but not get the combination.

I haven;t used those skills in a long time. They were developed some 50 years ago when I was bored in high school and th internet didn't exist.

A suitcase that was given to us was opened after the lady passed away, I opened it on the 2nd try.

Something a little harder: Do you know how to turn the copier on after hours? No. Why do you need it? He gavea good reason, so i offered to help. I had the code in like 20 minutes.


Wond

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Jul 3, 2021, 11:25:45 AM7/3/21
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Check the Sentry safe website for help opening when combo lost.

Jeff Liebermann

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Jul 3, 2021, 1:45:03 PM7/3/21
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On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 04:50:27 -0700 (PDT), Hilda Winkler
<hildawi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi group, can someone help please??? I have a Sentry safe #sfw082et, i don't have the combination number.. anyone know how to open the solenoid electronically.?? i tried to apply 6v to red black and green, didn't work. the safe is from a relative who passed away.. any help will be taken seriously

You're lying but that's ok. At your apparent level of expertise, you
will eventually make a mistake and get caught.

Sentry safes are thin sheet metal, plastic and insulation. You can
easily open them with an angle grinder or Skill saw:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2guvwQvElA8>

The magnet trick usually requires a rather powerful, dangerous, and
expensive permanent magnet. Handle it wrong and you will smash your
fingers. Not recommended unless you know exactly what you're doing.


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Jeff Liebermann je...@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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