Supplier of decent network cabinet locks using the same key?

[pete]

We have a new chest-high AV cabinet in a public/open area that comes supplied with the usual "ten seconds with a hairpin" terrible locks you find on most network cabinets. I'd like to replace the locks with something a bit more robust and (if they turn out to be decent), re-key some of our other cabinets.

 

Has anyone got a recommendation for a lock brand or supplier they've used recently?

[MatthewL]

Have a chat with a local locksmith, they have all sorts. Low and Fletcher are big player in this sort of thing.

[pgrant]

We went through this a few years ago changing 60 locks as the differing keys were becoming a problem. I think there were 3 which we could not change and 1 which needed a small mod to the cab.

 

We ended going with locks from "CAM LOCK" https://www.camlock.com/en-uk/cam-locks-products as the selection of locks and cams they could supply was huge. In the end, we ordered from CPC but at the time we could buy the whole range direct. https://www.easyflip.co.uk/CPC_Catalogue/?page=1139 because of the number we ordered (we ordered spares) they came in over a few weeks. We were able to reuse the existing cams alot of the time with help of some washers we made from 3.2mm acrilic in DT to change the length of the lock so the cam lined up with the hole.

 

70% of our cabs used a 23mm length cam.