File Cabinet Locks - Keep Important Files Safe

Looking into file cabinet locks?  File cabinet locks are necessary if you have a lot of business paperwork that is in an office environment.  There will be a lot of people around and if the documents are sensitive, you don’t want just anybody going in there and sticking their hands where they don’t belong.  To help keep your files more secure, it is a good idea to get a hold of file cabinet locks and have them installed on a compatible file cabinet.

Actually, the best thing instead of getting file cabinet locks is to get a file cabinet that has a lock on it in the first place. 

If you don’t do that, you’re going to have to find out what kind of file cabinet you have and based on that pick out the appropriate lock kit.  What you need to do is find the dimensions of the “knockout” and based on that choose the appropriate lock kit that will fit it.  If you choose the wrong knockout, you’ll be left with a lock that won’t fit where you need it to go, which would be quite frustrating.

The lock types vary quite a bit depending on what you need them for, be it vertical files, lateral files, custom files and it will also vary by the manufacturer.  Knowing the manufacturer of your cabinet is critical to figuring out what file cabinet locks are going to fit.  Some of the more popular kit styles by the way are the following:

Hon Push-in type F26
Hon Rotate Lock type F24/F28
Hon Lateral File Kit
Anderson Hickey Push-in type 2194
Anderson Hickey Rotate Lock type 2197
Global
Holga
Signore

Now chances are you don’t want to go through all this headache to find a lock kit that will fit your cabinet, so if that’s the case with you, you might want to go ahead and just buy a cabinet with the lock built in, here’s an example of one you may buy off of Amazon:

Card Cabinet w/Lock, 7 Drawer, 19" x 28" x 52", Sand (TNNCF758CPY)

This one sells for $826.09 and has 7 drawers one on top of the other, each with handles that can each store anything from paper, CD’s, DVD’s or even magnetic computer data.  This particular one is sand colored.

Again, depending on what it is you’re storing, you’re going to want to look at different types of file cabinets, that’s just an example of one type that would go well in an office environment.  If that doesn’t suit your needs, there are plenty of others out there if you do a little browsing online you’ll find them.
And if you need file cabinet locks to go with the cabinet you already have, figure out the manufacturer model number and match that up to the appropriate kit.