There are a couple of posts on this topic but not recently so I thought I would start a new one now that rechargeable lithiums are readily available.
I have four Schlage z-wave locks and a lot of Somfy blinds that are all powered by AA batteries. I have been playing around with different batteries - so far I have settled on standard alkaline AAs for the locks and Lithium AAs on the blinds.
Schlage doesn't recommend Lithium as they produce "undesirable results". As far as I can tell this means that the lock will go from working correctly with a reasonable battery level to not responding and completely dead within a day. The key is figuring out what that drop-off point is.
I am trying some rechargeable lithium batteries in one of the locks:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They are down 10% in 2 weeks. The lock is barely used. So this doesn't look promising.
I also tried these batteries in one of my somfy blinds. The blind goes up and down once a day and the batteries ran out in a matter of weeks.
It could be this particular brand of rechargeable batteries is just no good.
What have others had success with?
I have four Schlage z-wave locks and a lot of Somfy blinds that are all powered by AA batteries. I have been playing around with different batteries - so far I have settled on standard alkaline AAs for the locks and Lithium AAs on the blinds.
Schlage doesn't recommend Lithium as they produce "undesirable results". As far as I can tell this means that the lock will go from working correctly with a reasonable battery level to not responding and completely dead within a day. The key is figuring out what that drop-off point is.
I am trying some rechargeable lithium batteries in one of the locks:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They are down 10% in 2 weeks. The lock is barely used. So this doesn't look promising.
I also tried these batteries in one of my somfy blinds. The blind goes up and down once a day and the batteries ran out in a matter of weeks.
It could be this particular brand of rechargeable batteries is just no good.
What have others had success with?
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