hereiamagain

Does 1.1v not signal low voltage? How long does it work for after that? Could you set up an alert so that the moment it changes you get a text message? Or a light turns red or something?

Just curious. I haven’t played with HA, though it’s a long term goal.

If I’m thinking correctly, that’s because the xtars die at 1.1v, but the lock still thinks that’s plenty of juice so it reports 100%?

But normal AA are 1.5v… weird. I guess they aren’t dead dead until .8 or. 9v, but still.

Assuming you’re using 4 batteries, that means the lock is seeing 4.4v and not reporting a low battery, because real alkalines would go down to 3.2v or 3.6v.

So what you can try doing, is adding a small diode in series with the positive lead of the battery. A schottky would get you .3 to .5 ish voltage drop, bringing your 4.4v down to 4.1 or 3.9v, which would probably be enough to trigger the warning?

Or if you went for a regular rectifier diode at .7 to 1v drop, you could bring that to 3.7v or 3.4v, which would put you right in the zone of normal batteries dying.

Diodes are cheap, it’s worth a shot!

Not op. I hear what you’re saying, and it’s a valid point.

But once you go digital lock, it’s hard to go back. So convenient.

Heck, mine was just a standalone lock with a keypad, I’ve had one on every rental in some form or another for the last 15 years. Until this year…

We just moved into our first house, and the main door we want to use is seemingly incapable of fitting a keypad onto it. The handle is so close to the window frame, that it won’t fit. It’s very annoying. So for the last few months we’ve been using a regular key, and it’s annoying.

First, my in laws needed to watch our cat while we were gone, so I left out a spare key, which they then kept 😖

It’s rude to ask for it back, while simultaneously hoping to ask them for help again in the future. But, they are also the type to just come over whenever, without calling ahead or asking, whether we’re home or not. They are kind, but oblivious, so it’s hard to be firm.

Anywho this was never a problem FOR US in the past, because we’d just make up a random access code for them that was only valid on the days we were away.

I’ve only had an ender 3, been printing on and off since 2019.

I know I should upgrade, but for my limited needs, I just haven’t needed to 🤷‍♂️

I print mostly PETG for functional parts, a little PLA for random stuff.

I enjoy printing, and it’s useful. But some months see no printing at all. Maybe that’d be different if the machine was less of a hassle to use.

Compounding the issue, most of the time my machine has not had a full time home on any desk. So I have to pull it out and set it up. But we just moved and now there’s room, I just haven’t configured the space yet.

We’ll see.

Always down for recommendations though, for a similar print volume and reasonable price point. Ie not prusa, as awesome as that would be.

I don’t have any training or schooling in it, at all, I just enjoy computers since I was young 🤷‍♂️