Remote House Central Locking

I've thought about having various locks controlled by the alarm system depending on the arming state, but I probably wouldn't want the remote unlocking aspect. We use such locks at work, but at over £1000 a piece (just the lock mechanism), they are outside my price range. The cheaper products I've seen have not been up to securing a house.

You might want to check if your insurance company will still insure you first. There's far too little technical info on the diy2go.com to even hazard a guess (or at least, I can't find any), but I think you could have a real problem here for several reasons.

Hi John

Let us know what it's like - I've always wanted one as well!

Dave

I would like to know what happens when theres a power cut....

Dave

One would expect some sort of battery back up would be required.

In an office environment, typically battery backup for 250 operations (and a time limit, like 24 hours). Of course, you might also have lost access to the security vetting system which could mean staff entitled to access might be locked out because security system can't verify them. In that case, and after the battery has died, it's physical key operation just like a conventional door lock.

I smell a spamming turd...

They did. Such systems have been available for commercial premises for years. I would, however, doubt the security of one that was priced for the domestic market.

Colin Bignell

In message , Paul Ekins writes

Well, presumably there would be a manual locking/unlocking system as well anyway.

ISTR that those 2 designers on that TV program about redesigning common objects came up with one of these. sounds like a good idea, I suspect the cost implications are the problem

Me too.