I’m still having massive issues with battery reporting. While i was gone over Thanksgiving my dog sitter was unable to get into my house temporarily because the lock was reporting a 0% battery. So when I got home I swapped them out, had to replace them again after about a month and put the batteries that I had pulled out after getting home for Thanksgiving and they are holding at 80% after about 3 days. I’m using the generic Z-wave lock type and ethayer Z-wave Lock Reporting DH.
Hi, I had similar issues for a long while. Today, I thought the battery case terminals might have accumulated some residue and need to be cleaned to improve contact. I remember something like this in high school and teacher said water is sufficient to clean the terminals. I did with Q-tips and it showed 100% battery full. I’ve put the old batteries which I’ve replaced because i thought they were dead and it showed 80%. Not sure if this is the problem but it is worth trying.
Ayman
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Here’s one to ponder. I configured the lock with a power supply with enough current to operate and to supply the lock 24/7 . The issue with showing low battery and inoperative lock still happens. It’s not the batteries folks.
Check the battery pack/holder terminals… I pass a wire brush over them every so often and the battery issued went away.
This. I have 4 916 and a couple 913 knobs. I had the same issue where a leaky battery caused some corrosion on the contacts in the holder and it would cause mine to intermittently go offline and/or show improper low battery.
I used a small wire brush and some steelwool on the connectors and it resolved the issue.
I found the steel wool to be a bit more effective.