It works! Your solution is simple and fast. Note to those following these instructions - when you get your phone cable, make sure they have the colored cables inside. There are phone cables where all the inside cables are the same color. That didnt help.
@jstewres An 8 year old video just saved me a massive amount of hassle! I spent hours scrolling TH-cam looking for the same safe as mine. This one you show in the video is the same safe as mine but with a different brand name. Batteries had died and now, thanks to this ingenious video, I’ve managed to open it without resorting to violence! 🤣 Many thanks!
Is there a phone hookup underneath? What do we plug the phone wires into ? Our bettery went dead at our office safe and we can’t get i it . Also how do u have those batteries to gather like that
Taped the batteries together with scotch tape. On this particular safe there is a "phone" type connection at the bottom in which techs use a device to power as open the safe. I just used the cable to power it up only so I could open it to change the batteries inside
Thanks so much...it worked perfectly. Took 15 minutes to find a phone cord.....3 minutes to cut it and attach to the batteries and 20 seconds to plug in and open the safe.
Hey man thanks for the video. Does this only work when the battery is completely dead? Mine still has some but won't open and the plug doesn't seem to be working right now. Thanks!
David Merino mine was completely dead, yes. Be sure the batteries are all touching otherwise it will not work. As you can see I had to push several time to make sure all the batteries were making contact before it would power up.
This is a great work around. 4 AAs did not work for me but 5 AAs worked. 4 was not giving enough power and 6 was giving too much. Tried 5 and bingo. Some one else said a 9 volt worked.
@@chaneyjones5378 I'm not sure about that one. I did a lot of research on the internet for mine in particular and came up pretty much empty handed. I just found a wiring diagram for handheld openers they sell and went from there. Sorry
Make sure all your connections are good. As you can see in the video I had to push the battery stack together to make a better connection. Hope this helps
I have been trying this, I can not get it to work. What did you use to get the batteries like that? I taped them but perhaps it’s not secure enough. I cut the phone cord, stripped the black wire and yellow to get to the Cooper, taped them to rack end. I spend days on this and getting pretty flustered. I don’t know what else to do. Please help.
I would make sure they are all new batteries to begin with, that makes a difference. If yours is not this exact model, the pins on the control board may be different. It took me months of searching the internet and trial and error before actually getting mine to work, that's why I posted the video because there was nothing out there. Hope you can eventually get yours open. If not you might have to call a lock Smith, like I didn't want to do
@@jrbreakout145 yeah except from mine being black, it seems identical. Batteries were ordered brand new with the phone cord as I don’t have a house phone. I read in 1 of the comments that the person switched where the yellow and black wires went and it worked. I am going to try that. Locksmith wants $80 if the cone to the house plus $150 per hour. I would like to smash on ground and open it but unfortunately there are loaded fire arms in it. I might have to suck it up and pay for the locksmith to drill it. Ugh. Thank you for your help.
Saps Fitness Saps Fitness which ever colors are in slots 2 and 5 with the spring release facing towards you looking at the end of the cable, connect wire in slot 2 to neg and wire on slot 5 to pos. You should get something
Not sure what would be going on with yours but hopefully you didn't burn out the electronics by supplying with 9v. Normally a battery is about 1.2v so that would put it as a total of about 4.8v. I would make sure the 4 AA's are band new and try again
This is an old channel I used with my old account. My new channel is JR Breakout 14. I will post any new videos there. Thanks for watching and subscribing everybody.
Make sure batteries are all new and also make sure all batteries are making contact with each other. As you can see in the video I had to press the batteries together in order for it to power up.
Most of the Chinese made " safes" are of the same "quality" , with every individualy sold safe there comes a set of overide keys, take the cover of the door, it is located just below the key board, take the cover off and you can open the safe with the key. When the door is open you can reset the electronic code. The brand name Challenger is just one of the many different brand names. If you are Looking for a real safe, just don't buy this product.
hey no pierdan el tiempo lo probe con 3 cables de diferentes con baterias nuevas, con otra bateria de 9 voltios, y nada no funciona este man estaba jodiendo nomas.
You are the man!! My Mom forgot to change her batteries on her safe. We watched your video and it worked like a gem! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
No problem
I need your help pls
It works! Your solution is simple and fast. Note to those following these instructions - when you get your phone cable, make sure they have the colored cables inside. There are phone cables where all the inside cables are the same color. That didnt help.
Thank you sir. Can you tell me what this phone cable connection was used for originally. Since I can’t find a manual.
A cable that connected to an actual house phone before all this cellphone stuff. Ha
Thank you. Followed your instructions and it worked. Thank you.
Your welcome, glad I could help
I bought a condo- tel and have this safe- so if i use this method i wont need a code ?
You still need the code to open it, this only powers it up if the batteries are dead. Sorry
Batteries died without warning on my free-standing Challenger safe and this worked perfectly to get it open. Thank you soooooo much!
Glad I could help
That shitt worked on my safe mark safe as well thanks bro
Glad I could help!
Yesss....just tried this on my Safemark and it worked. The company sells an external battery pack for $30 + $10 shipping. Pass on that! Thank you!
Glad it worked for you!
Not working on my save Mark
Perhaps my cord is different do you know which pins it was?
Hello friend, I have a safe like yours and my batteries ran out, how did you do it?
@jstewres An 8 year old video just saved me a massive amount of hassle! I spent hours scrolling TH-cam looking for the same safe as mine. This one you show in the video is the same safe as mine but with a different brand name. Batteries had died and now, thanks to this ingenious video, I’ve managed to open it without resorting to violence! 🤣 Many thanks!
Your welcome, I was in your same position and after doing some research on how the plug at the bottom actually worked, I came up with this, lol.
It works for me. Thank you for posting this video.
No problem
Is there a phone hookup underneath? What do we plug the phone wires into ? Our bettery went dead at our office safe and we can’t get i it . Also how do u have those batteries to gather like that
Taped the batteries together with scotch tape. On this particular safe there is a "phone" type connection at the bottom in which techs use a device to power as open the safe. I just used the cable to power it up only so I could open it to change the batteries inside
Thanks so much...it worked perfectly. Took 15 minutes to find a phone cord.....3 minutes to cut it and attach to the batteries and 20 seconds to plug in and open the safe.
Sweet! Glad I could help. Those phone cables are going to get harder to come by, lol
All I have is 2 pin phone cables… which pins are the power pins?
Not sure the 2 pin will work. I would try to find and buy a different phone cable. You might be able to find one at a thrift store too
Thank you! This helped alot.
Thank you very much, your directions work perfectly! 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you, glad I could help
WOW! Thank you so much this actually WORKED!!! :) Batteries were dead and we couldn't find the key
Bill Hehn glad you got it to work.
What is the phone line even originally on the safe for? I can't believe they don't make a standardized charger through these classic phone cables
They have a device they can connect to it to over ride any password or card you used to lock it
Hey man thanks for the video. Does this only work when the battery is completely dead? Mine still has some but won't open and the plug doesn't seem to be working right now. Thanks!
David Merino mine was completely dead, yes. Be sure the batteries are all touching otherwise it will not work. As you can see I had to push several time to make sure all the batteries were making contact before it would power up.
This is a great work around. 4 AAs did not work for me but 5 AAs worked. 4 was not giving enough power and 6 was giving too much. Tried 5 and bingo. Some one else said a 9 volt worked.
Thanks for the tip!
Good to know!
@@jrbreakout145 I need help. I have a Safemark
@@chaneyjones5378 I'm not sure about that one. I did a lot of research on the internet for mine in particular and came up pretty much empty handed. I just found a wiring diagram for handheld openers they sell and went from there. Sorry
Thanks man..
U saved my locksmith money and new locker money...
😌😌
Nice, glad I could help
You're a genius! Saved my safe from a hammer and chisel !! Thanks !!!!!
Glad I could help, thank you
Dont need hammer and chisel. There are cross lock jigglers which open all hotel type safes.
Very smart young man....
It works. Thanks
It really works👍🏻 Thank you so much to this video😊
Your welcome, glad I could help!
Great video, thanks a lot. This worked for me. The only thing I did different was, used black to connect to +ve and yellow to -ve.
Glad I could help
Can't believe this really worked!!! Ingenious!!!
Thanks for watching, glad I could help
SLDB
I lost my swipe card for my challenger safe and forgot the pin. Can you help me please.
Left to right i had blue, orange, green and brown. For me blue negative and orange positive worked. Test all combinations to find the right one.
It didn’t work for me. I’m trying to figure out what I did wrong.
Make sure all your connections are good. As you can see in the video I had to push the battery stack together to make a better connection. Hope this helps
You just saved my ass brother!!!!
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the video! 👍
Glad I could help
I have been trying this, I can not get it to work. What did you use to get the batteries like that? I taped them but perhaps it’s not secure enough. I cut the phone cord, stripped the black wire and yellow to get to the Cooper, taped them to rack end. I spend days on this and getting pretty flustered. I don’t know what else to do. Please help.
I would make sure they are all new batteries to begin with, that makes a difference. If yours is not this exact model, the pins on the control board may be different. It took me months of searching the internet and trial and error before actually getting mine to work, that's why I posted the video because there was nothing out there. Hope you can eventually get yours open. If not you might have to call a lock Smith, like I didn't want to do
@@jrbreakout145 yeah except from mine being black, it seems identical. Batteries were ordered brand new with the phone cord as I don’t have a house phone. I read in 1 of the comments that the person switched where the yellow and black wires went and it worked. I am going to try that. Locksmith wants $80 if the cone to the house plus $150 per hour. I would like to smash on ground and open it but unfortunately there are loaded fire arms in it. I might have to suck it up and pay for the locksmith to drill it. Ugh. Thank you for your help.
@@Just4DaHalibut yeah, maybe you can switch them. You definitely don't want to smash it with firearms inside, lol. Hope it works out for you!
Thank you
Thanks a lot! It works!!!
your welcome
Dönerken
Zeynep
Thank you for this info.
Your welcome, glad I could help
MIss my old friend jeffery!
Genius
Cant you get the same power by simply plugging the other end into a phone jack
Don't think so, the safe is DC power, not AC
Where do you buy that battery cover?
Betsy Otoya which battery cover?
Betsy Otoya I just used scotch tape to hold them together, if that's what you were asking about
I used cheap AA batteries and it does not work. I used a 9V and the safe turns on beeping with 8's across the display. Stuck
Ken DeRosa cheap batteries or not as long as the batteries are "new" I don't see why it wouldn't work
I used duracell AA and it worked nicely.
How about the cable have only white red yellow and green only?
Saps Fitness Saps Fitness which ever colors are in slots 2 and 5 with the spring release facing towards you looking at the end of the cable, connect wire in slot 2 to neg and wire on slot 5 to pos. You should get something
What about if you forgot the.pass code is there away to rest the hold safe
You would probably have to call a lock smith that has the device to over ride it to open it
Not sure what I do wrong. I got only flash of power, not long enough to enter my code. I used4-6 batteries
Make sure the connections between all the batteries stay tight, you can see in the video I had to push them together to make contact
good job, thanks a lot
Really wished it worked for me . I tried everything. I have the yellow and black wires.
You could possibly have a different model, not sure. I couldn't find very much info online and it took me several tries to get it right. Good luck
I tried this with my dad's saflok it didn't work any advice on what else I could do?
I don't know about that particular one, sorry
Phone cable that you are using check if it's 2-wire or 4-wire configuration. If it's 2-wire, then it won't work.
HELP! I did this with a 9volt- bc I couldn’t get it to work with the 4 AAs. It just beeps- but nothing comes in the screen and stays locked :( Help!
Not sure what would be going on with yours but hopefully you didn't burn out the electronics by supplying with 9v. Normally a battery is about 1.2v so that would put it as a total of about 4.8v. I would make sure the 4 AA's are band new and try again
This is an old channel I used with my old account. My new channel is JR Breakout 14. I will post any new videos there. Thanks for watching and subscribing everybody.
Hey Jr I tried this and it’s not working
What else can I do? Please help
Make sure batteries are all new and also make sure all batteries are making contact with each other. As you can see in the video I had to press the batteries together in order for it to power up.
@@davidcamello7479 see previous comment
Does anyone know how to change these batteries?
Once you open the safe take the screws off the back of the door and there will be a 4 AA battery pack
Any idea my safe is in sleep mode need help
Not sure what sleep mode is, I'm only "kind of" familiar with this particular safe. Sorry
How do I charge the keypad?
The keypad is supplied with power through the batteries behind the door. That's why you use this method to power it up if those batteries are dead
I think anyone who watches this and puts it to use owes a personal thank you. So thank you sir!🫡 are u a locksmith by trade or somthing?😄
yep it worked thanks but i needed to up to volts to about 10
Good to know. I guess you could do the same with a 9v
Thanks
Your welcome, glad I could help
Most of the Chinese made " safes" are of the same "quality" , with every individualy sold safe there comes a set of overide keys, take
the cover of the door, it is located just below the key board, take the cover off and you can open the safe with the key. When the door
is open you can reset the electronic code. The brand name Challenger is just one of the many different brand names. If you are Looking
for a real safe, just don't buy this product.
how do u change out the battery
once you open the safe there are four Philips screws on the back of the door to access batteries
Jonathan Aleman once open you remove the screws on the door and they are behind the that cover
hey no pierdan el tiempo lo probe con 3 cables de diferentes con baterias nuevas, con otra bateria de 9 voltios, y nada no funciona este man estaba jodiendo nomas.
thnks
np
mark want I'm glad I could help
My phone cord only has green and red
They might not be in the right spots to make a connection then. You will need to get a four wire cable.
But why? Behind the brass plate is the keyhole. You insert the key you got with the safe and voila its opened. Why make this video?
cvcoco I don't have keys for this safe
@@jrbreakout145 Lock pick!!
Because we lost the key.
How do you unscrew those nuts on the brass plate