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I'm curious how it works. There must be some servo activating the physical lock, right? How can it operate if the power goes out?
by RickHull 14y ago
I'm curious how it works. There must be some servo activating the physical lock, right? How can it operate if the power goes out?
- gigantor 14y agoIt's powered by 4x AA batteries, claimed to be good for a year. If that's true it's unbelievably efficient considering the hardware store models also run on 4x AA batteries but don't have a Wi-Fi + Bluetooth radio running all the time. https://lockitron.com/pdf/lockitron_manual_knob.pdf https://lockitron.com/pdf/lockitron_manual_knob.pdf page 5
- mikeash 14y agoA backup battery would seem to be an obvious solution there. Every lock like this that I've seen also has a standard physical keyed lock as a backup.
- schiffern 14y agoLockitron is entirely battery powered and has no external components. It looks like they can send you an alert when the battery runs low.