Unified lock

Standard padlock marked with "K2" on a cellar room with electricity meters in Hamburg

The "SUL326N" unit lock of the forest administrations in Germany

Triangular wrench

A standard lock is a lock that is keyed alike with any number of other locks. Standard locks have an identical locking system and can be opened with a standard key.

Uses

Standard locks are typically used in the following areas:

Triangular or square lock mechanism in garbage boxes , at railways (u train toilets. Ä.) And in the energy economy

Number combination locks ("ZKS" for short) with a uniform combination

Padlocks of the forest authorities in Germany (model "SUL 362N")

The " Alpine Club Key" (abbreviated to "AV key") or the padlocks on Norwegian mountain huts (called "DNT lock")

"K2" locks from Stromnetz Hamburg GmbH for access to building site power distributors and in apartment buildings to rooms with the electricity meters in the individual apartments (previously known as " HEW key")

Keys for distribution and connection boxes of Deutsche Telekom and for the doors of public telephone booths

Standardized locks for public toilets for the disabled (abbreviated as " Euro WC key ")

Standard locks are not to be confused with master key systems .

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantage of a standard lock is that it is keyed alike and duplicates of the associated key can be issued to several people. The disadvantage is that a standard lock only offers effective access protection if the corresponding key can only be obtained with an authorization and recognized proof of use. If this hurdle is not met, there is no security.

Eligibility requirements and obtaining the respective key

The "K2" -locks this is so that the corresponding key is not of key services be copied, because the company Zeiss Ikon to a monopoly owns. Instead, the keys are sold to anyone as finished products in locksmiths ' shops without proof of authorization or can be obtained online (prices vary between € 15.00 and € 25.00; as of February 2017).

Various triangular and square keys, some as a multifunctional set , are freely available for sale without proof in hardware stores and hardware stores (prices vary between € 15.00 and € 45.00; as of February 2017).

Only severely disabled people , wheelchair users , enterostoma wearers , blind and severely disabled people who are in need of help and may need an assistant are given a euro toilet key . Also entitled are people with multiple sclerosis , Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis as well as people with chronic bladder or bowel disease . Proof of eligibility is provided in Germany by means of a note on the severely handicapped ID card or, as a makeshift, a medical certificate .

literature

Carsten Biehlig: Building technology for administrators, landlords and brokers: Optimal building equipment - technology, costs, instructions for action, legal bases. (Chapter "Locking systems and locks"). Haufe-Verlag , 2005, ISBN 978-3448055436 .

Individual evidence

↑ Thomas Man: Alpine pasture and hut hikes in Lower Austria: 50 tours between Vienna and Hochschwab. 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother, 2015, pp. 20/21, ISBN 978-3763330751 .
↑ ^a ^b Homepage of the Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled. V. with information on the euro key, accessed on February 24, 2017.

[1] Thomas Man: Alpine pasture and hut hikes in Lower Austria: 50 tours between Vienna and Hochschwab. 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother, 2015, pp. 20/21, ISBN 978-3763330751 .

[Euro-2] Homepage of the Federal Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled. V. with information on the euro key, accessed on February 24, 2017.