UI7 and Schlage Deadbolt Batteries

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I am not sure if this is the right place to report, but there seems to be an issue with UI7 and my Schlage Electronic Deadbolt. When I upgraded to UI7 my deadbolt was eating through batteries every three to four days. Once I roll back to UI5 the problem stops. Lock Model is BE469NX and Firmware is 5.8.

Troy

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My Schlage lock was also eating throught the battery (about 1 month of life). I am on UI6.

The Vera polling interval was set by Vera (default) to every 2 minutes. When I turned off polling (set the interval to 0), the battery depletion seemed to stop (its been almost a month, and my battery is still showing 80%). Since the lock is an instant status device, not polling it does not seem to be a problem, as the lock still reports locking/unlocking status changes properly.

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Has anyone tried the Energizer Lithium batteries in their locks to see if they work ok and last awhile? They were discontinued and discounted so I bought some with this as my primary usage for them but thought I’d ask while waiting for the current batteries to die.

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I will definitely turn off polling and see if it helps. Thanks for the information.

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[quote=“aa6vh, post:2, topic:183125”]My Schlage lock was also eating throught the battery (about 1 month of life). I am on UI6.

The Vera polling interval was set by Vera (default) to every 2 minutes. When I turned off polling (set the interval to 0), the battery depletion seemed to stop (its been almost a month, and my battery is still showing 80%). Since the lock is an instant status device, not polling it does not seem to be a problem, as the lock still reports locking/unlocking status changes properly.[/quote]

My Kwickset is eating batteries in about a month too. I’m going to turn off polling and see if that helps too. Forgot it was an instant status device.

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My Schlage locks seems to work fine with lithium batteries. I can’t say same for Hawking door/window sensors. The problem with lithium batteries is that testors for lithium batteries (AAA & 9V) are hard to find.