It would be cool if you could make the deadbolt with a conductive material and slowly charge from a contact in the wall while the door is locked but there might be a risk of fire if things go wrong.
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HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
This is off topic but sometimes I am sorta annoid that the standard for a doot is lock in door and hole in wall. I feel if the setup had the lock in the wall then it could be wired into the electric and you would not need batteries or such for an electric one. Maybe a recharchable one so it would work for awhile in a power outage.
OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
frongt@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’d rather just run a wire through or along the door and out the hinge side.
OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
That also should work tbh especially if you have a neat little coil to keep it from dangling much.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 days ago
Thats a good idea. It might even be able to be contactless. Then like you have a wire coming off the plate part in the wall and you just need a plug nearby.
lucullus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
It is already possible without a battery. The new door, that we are getting, can also be bought with an automatic lock, though its expensive. Probably because the eletrical lines are running cleverly through the hinges. Having the lock on the outer side, woukd probably make it cheaper