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Joined EzineArticles on Jun 30, 2008 CCTV (Closed Circuit Television)
Home Improvement: Security • Published: February 4, 2009
This article is all about CCTV (Closed Circuit Television), or better known as security cameras. These cameras are great for both home and commercial security reasons and can be very useful for protecting your assets from theft and destruction.
Lock Bumping Explained
Business: Security • Published: January 21, 2009
In terms of security the majority of the time a person can expect, when leaving their home or office, to come back with contents, furnishings and valuables in place and safe. No matter how reassured anyone is or confident in their neighborhood or office security there is still a concern that locks and other security measures are in place.
Locksmiths Tools of the Trade - In the Field - Lock - Door Installations
Home Improvement: Doors • Published: August 12, 2008
In this article we are attempting to uncover the mystery of those fantastical, sometimes awe and question inspiring implements that those in the locksmith field utilize. As evidenced, there are quite a large amount of these requisite tools that a locksmith uses on a daily basis at the shop or out in the field which have brought to light not necessarily the method of the locksmith, as they are all different and individual, but the great number of implements the locksmith uses and is skillfully proficient with, if not an expert with, to maintain standards of operation in this type of industry.
The Early History of the Lock
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
History buffs rejoice, there is a history of locks and it is quite a rich and colorful one! There will be no need to turn on any of your cable television stations, show up on time for any classes and I promise, no tests will be required of you after reading. Just sit back, relax, read and enjoy a brief look at the early History of the Lock.
The Remote Keyless Entry System
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
As technology advances and more and more manufacturers design their products to provide ease for everyday functions it can be seen that even in the automotive industry this level of comfort and convenience was not spared. For those of us who still remember the days of walking to our family car for the road trip, the sweet sixteen birthday gift of a set of wheels and the forays into the various vehicles we have owned over time, our minds and key chains can still envision the keys, aplenty, to not only gain access but to start the automobile. Was it...
Electric Latch Strikes
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
While not new to business or commerce or the locksmith industry, the electronically operated release locks and latch strikes which provide remote controlled access for doors are also not the typical or daily fare for most locksmiths, but there are specialists. When businesses are researching the benefits of these types of locks and latch strikes they would be well advised to consult a locksmith with expertise and experience in installing, servicing and repairing this sort of product.
24 Hours, 7 Days a Week
Home Improvement: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
It's two-thirty in the morning. Tired and worn down from a double shift at work all you want to do is go home, catch a few winks and get ready to watch the big game with your friends in the afternoon. Driving home you think not only of the comfort of your bed waiting to welcome you to sleep, you also imagine all the fun it will be rooting for your favorite team to win, tossing back a few cold ones and enjoying a perfect Sunday afternoon of football.
Locksmiths Tools of the Trade - In the Field - Safes
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
These days the locksmith is not only relegated to the ever present, but various lock and its parts, automobile lock outs, home lock outs or merely thought of for residential use. The locksmith has, in fact, become quite a force to be reckoned within the commercial and residential field when it comes to knowledge, service, repair, sales and installation of safes. We all know that various retail locations and companies specialize in safes and sales, but so does the locksmith and his or her personal, professional and dependable service are just a small number of the...
When Choosing a Locksmith
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
When choosing a locksmith it is always best to be sure of a number of things: your automobiles, homes, valuables and workplaces. Just picking through the phone book and dialing anyone might seem a reasonable action always remember that just as in preferring to eat in the best way, clothing yourself in a fine manner and every other decision you make in life, choosing the best and most professional locksmith for the job can make a bad situation better instead of a wrong decision making things worse. First and foremost when you begin your search for...
Locksmith Hours
Business: Security • Published: August 4, 2008
When consulting various locksmiths in regards to what they believe a customer's main praise of them is, it is perhaps the least known or actually thought of in times of crisis, especially in the late evening and early morning hours: Their around the clock, twenty-four hour availability. To the average person who is not accustomed to the services of a locksmith or has not used a locksmith previously there is usually a moment of panic that follows when discovering their predicament and this results in not always being able to focus and think straight. Fortunately for them...
A Basic Glossary of Commonly Used Locksmith Terms
Business: Security • Published: July 15, 2008
On many an occasion a person in need of a locksmith has sat dumbfounded when asked a few simple questions about their situation and needs as well as when listening to the locksmith explain what is going on while they perform their work. To be certain, the locksmith is not trying to impress a person with their verbal savvy or convince them of his or her superior intellect compared to the customer who requires their service.
The Tumbler
Business: Security • Published: July 15, 2008
For most people when thinking of the word tumbler they conjure thoughts of acrobats and gymnasts. Some might think of a tumbler that is used in nightclubs and drinking establishments that are found behind the bar, especially if a person has experience as a bartender. As we have touched on some forms of what a tumbler is, as those are all definitions of a tumbler, we also can find how the word applies to locks and locksmithing.
The ADA and the Locksmith
Business: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
Being a professional in any trade or craft certainly has its benefits as well as feelings of accomplishment in the completion of successful jobs, accolades from customers and referrals garnered from word of mouth of a person's services. Business owners of all sorts also do whatever it takes to not just stay open and hope people walk through the door, but to be the best and most often utilized establishment of their industry.
An Open Letter From the Front Door
Home Improvement: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
Dear Home Owner, I am your Front Door. Since we have spent so many years in the same place together I feel now is a good time to write to you, as there are a few issues I would like to address in regards to me and the care you may want to consider giving me. I would be more than happy to take responsibility for this myself however I am a door and unsure as to how to use the phone.
Keys and Their Importance
Business: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
Getting most of the press, quite a large number of articles and essays have been written about the lock when focusing on the world of the locksmith, but surprisingly not very many have been written in regards to keys. Yes a locksmith works with all types of locks and tools, hardware and other security devices but a very significant part of a locksmiths job pertains to keys as well. Without the key the lock is merely a device unable to open or close for its owner.
The Wrong Person
Business: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
All too often a locksmith will arrive at the scene of a job only to find that it is not the correct person that is asking for assistance. By saying the "correct person", what is meant is that instead of the home owner, person who is on the lease of an apartment or any other rental property or the owner of a vehicle being present there is an acquaintance, boyfriend, girlfriend or any other type of peer. Unfortunately for the person requesting access into anything with a lock on it, if they are not the owner or renter, or in...
The Locksmith
Business: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
Sometimes considered to be in the vein of the "average" or the "blue collar" type of field and career the locksmith, while underrated, is in actuality a very necessary, very important person and industry for individual and business use alike. The dictionary defines a locksmith as "a person who makes or repairs locks", but is this truly all the locksmith is, all that the locksmith does?
Types of Tumbler Locks
Reference and Education • Published: July 14, 2008
In the lock world there are numerous types of tumbler locks that come in many shapes and sizes that work in and move in different ways. The three most basic designs of tumbler locks are the lever, pin and disc; however there is also the interchangeable core lock and the tubular lock, also called the tubular key lock. While there are lever tumbler locks that are found on bank safe deposit boxes, in general the lever tumbler lock is found on a variety of objects offering lower levels of security like mail boxes, luggage, basic file boxes and children's toys and if they are used in places such as banks they are specially designed for this type of high security.
Types of Keys
Reference and Education • Published: July 14, 2008
In an age when people have numerous belongings and accessories for them we have to not only find a place to put them and devise easier ways to carry them, but also decide on what to accumulate and carry in order to get to everything we want inside of the places we own, rent or work in and drive. Locks on our doors, safe, office equipment, etc. are the protection choice that is available for securing our possessions and a persons mode of transportation requires the use of a key in order to not only open it up but to make it work.
Locks Are Everywhere!
Business: Security • Published: July 14, 2008
Maybe you've thought about this and chances are that most have not, but just as the title of this article implies, locks truly are everywhere. Look around and you will most certainly see them. Of course they are on the typical and common places one might expect them to be like doors, automobiles, safes, office furniture, cabinets and so many more places but sometimes they don't need to be opened by a physical key, installed and serviced.
Why the Locksmith?
Home Improvement: Security • Published: July 10, 2008
Have you ever been locked out of your car or just can't find the key? Perhaps when leaving the house in a rush on those busy work days you've turned the key a little too hastily and broke it inside of the lock? Frustrating, isn't it?
Protecting the Home
Home Improvement: Security • Published: July 10, 2008
Is your house secure? Read on to find out.
Locks and Hardware of Jails and Prisons
Business: Security • Published: July 10, 2008
Not that these are high on anyone's list of places to spend a great deal of time in, if any time at all, but the interest of prisons and the curiosity they instill as a subject never wanes. The very mention of their names will induce thoughts to shudder by and stories of night's gone afoul, crimes committed, and sentences handed out and of course, the random movie, comedy and action alike.
The Warded Lock
Business: Security • Published: July 10, 2008
Warded locks and their design have been in use since the earliest times of locks. Many variations of this type of lock are still present and in use today for a variety of functional scenarios that have kept this lock in demand through the ages. Being one of the most ancient lock designs still in use today the warded lock is a fixed projection intended to block unauthorized keys from operating or entering the lock.
Master Key System Explained
Business: Security • Published: July 10, 2008
Taking into account the various issues and occurrences that appear on a daily basis for businesses, effective planning is key for any manager or owner. A large nuisance for any business owner or GM, from small to large, when dealing with issues of lock security is the excessive amount of differently keyed locks and the service and loss that come with this bothersome development, especially when attempting to install and care for these without professional help.