As we all know, smart locks require power for power supply, and for security reasons, the majority of smart locks are battery-powered. For smart locks such as low power consumption long standby appliances, rechargeable batteries are not a better solution. And the most common dry batteries need to be replaced annually, sometimes forget to replace or low battery alarm malfunction, but also without the key will be very embarrassing.
The battery used is a lithium battery made of polymeric material, the stored power is large, available for a long time, a charge available for about 8 - 12 months, and has a power shortage reminder function, when the power is not enough for a hundred times the power to open and close the door, the smart lock will voice remind the user to charge in time. Smart lock is a very humane product.
Rechargeable lithium batteries, are rechargeable via USB (home phone charging data cable can be), the first charge is recommended for no more than 12 hours.
How not to go home for a long time resulting in the lithium battery is dead, can be connected to a rechargeable battery, to the smart lock for temporary power supply can run.
Which type of smart lock lithium battery is it?
Lithium battery is not a single type of product. Generally speaking, in terms of chemical system, common systems can be divided into lithium titanate, lithium cobaltate, lithium iron phosphate, lithium manganate, ternary hybrid system, etc.
Among them, the ternary hybrid system is especially suitable for the market demand of door lock products with moderate cost and strong thermal stability, and some high-end products use lithium cobaltate and ternary hybrid to obtain higher energy. Lithium cobaltate performs better, but the price is high.
In terms of product form, there are mainly several types of lithium batteries on the market: soft pack lithium polymer batteries, cylindrical lithium batteries and aluminum shell batteries. Among them, soft pack lithium polymer battery is widely used in many types of consumer electronics with its unique advantages, which has the characteristics of strong customizability, high energy density, better discharge effect, more mature technology and good safety.
How to properly charge lithium batteries?
Because of the reason that lithium batteries can be cyclically charged, in order to maximize the service life of lithium batteries, first of all, it is recommended that users buy lithium batteries produced by high-quality lithium battery manufacturers, and secondly, it is also important to properly charge the lithium batteries.
Lithium batteries are generally charged with the following points in mind:
1. The charging environment needs attention. General intelligent door lock adapted to the working temperature of the battery between 0-45 degrees, should avoid charging at too low or too high temperature.
2. Develop good charging habits, timely charging, avoid charging only when the power is too low. Also avoid long time charging and timely power off after charging is completed.
3. Use a compliant charger; the battery should avoid heavy drops.
Is your home smart lock a lithium battery or a dry cell?
Generally speaking, the smart lock with dry batteries are semi-automatic locks, the advantage is that power saving, and more stable; and with lithium batteries are fully automatic locks, especially some video locks, face recognition locks and other power consumption is relatively large products.
For the time being, the market for dry cell batteries is not very large, the future lithium battery will dominate and become standard. The main key to see a steady increase in the proportion of fully automatic intelligent locks, a variety of new features that require electricity to drive the iterative update.
Lithium batteries can be recharged repeatedly, recycling, and long life, although the one-time investment cost is relatively high, but the later use of stability and user experience is better than dry batteries. The use of lithium battery temperature can fully meet the extreme use of the smart door lock temperature requirements, even in the range of minus 20 ℃ can be used normally.
Smart lock lithium battery can be used for about a year on a single charge.
Post time: Jan-12-2023