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Schlage wifi enabled deadbolt question
Posted on 3/27/15 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 3/27/15 at 7:20 pm
Has anybody else had batteries die quickly? Installed on 1-5, brand new duracells. Today lock died. I thought that was pretty quick.
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 7:42 pm to hawgndodge
That makes it a pretty much worthless product
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 3/28/15 at 8:17 pm to hawgndodge
Knock on wood but mine is over a year old and no batt issues.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 7:50 am to LordSnow
see I wondered. When I was setting it up the wink customer support lady told me my batteries were weak because of how close i had to set the hub for the initial setup. I grabbed them off a shelf at Lowe's when I bought the hub. Who knows how long they'd been sitting there.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 7:55 am to hawgndodge
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Has anybody else had batteries die quickly? Installed on 1-5, brand new duracells. Today lock died. I thought that was pretty quick.
I have thought that a wifi or bluetooth deadbolt was a dumb idea without it being wired into the house somehow since I first saw them. Anytime you run something like that on batteries, you are asking for trouble.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 3:11 pm to Warfarer
It has a key as a back up if the batteries die.
Posted on 3/29/15 at 4:05 pm to ithad2bme
yeah. I wasn't insinuating that I was locked out or anything. Just couldn't use the code. The main thing I was trying to do was give the guy coming to install my shower door a temporary code. It was no big deal he's just gonna come Monday.
Posted on 4/10/15 at 9:36 am to hawgndodge
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Has anybody else had batteries die quickly? Installed on 1-5, brand new duracells. Today lock died. I thought that was pretty quick.
probably bad batteries.
however i used a dremel file to make ABSOLUTELY SURE the metal plate on the door itself was buttery smooth. nothing will kill a battery-operated door lock like a misaligned strike plate. while you may not notice (or get used to) the extra torque required to manually turn the lock, the battery will suck dry.
a sweet barely-any-force turn of the schlage lock should make it close. just because its super easy to turn-lock it doesn't mean its less secure.
i think sometimes people think its gotta "feel" tough to turn the lock to have a legit secure door but thats completely false.
the schlage lock should literally turn with virtually no resistance.
This post was edited on 4/10/15 at 9:37 am
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