What is digital lock?

Digital lock is an electronic or battery-operated lock that does not require the use of mechanical keys to enter. And it works with the use of any of the following way: cards, Pin codes, fingerprints, Smartphones, Key or Face recognition.

And as digital lock is fastly become a choice to use, for this we need to know that what type of door can we use for digital lock, and also the thickness of the door.

There 4 types of door that we can use for digital lock, that is Glass door, wooden door, security door, and grille door.

Meanwhile, for the door thickness is between 38mm and above.

But what is the door thickness is between 35mm to 40mm?Well, actually this standard door thickness is considered thin.

if you insist to use mortise lock and this mortise lock can weakens your door structure due to a big “sandwich” hole in the middle of the door.

So, what type of digital lock that we can use for this type of door thickness?

For this, there are 4 Types of digital lock, which is Deadbolt lock, Rim lock, Push pull lock and Handle lock.

And for this type of door thickness (35mm), Rim lock is best choice to use as you don’t need to make extra hole on your door and can act as additional lock.

Handle locks have semi auto function, as you need to grab the handle and pull the handle in upwards direction in order to double lock it.

Along with it, Push pull lock is design for you to just push or pull your door without the need to turning your door knob.

Meanwhile, deadbolt lock is a solid lock cylindrical lock that made of steel, bronze or brass.

By the same token, you also need to consider of what types of battery that you can use in order to keep you digital lock last longer as digital lock motherboard is very sensitive.

So, what types of battery we can use for digital lock?

Alkaline battery or lithium type of battery is the only battery that we can use for digital lock. For example Energizer battery. So DO NOT use Heavy Duty battery for your digital lock as this type of battery can damage your digital lock,

In conclusion, you already recognise that digital lock has 4 types of digital lock and the different function between them. And also, types of each doors that suitable with digital lock and importance of using the right battery.