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John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: re: if it was mains powered

"I am seeing both benefits and disadvantages to hooking up the external door(s) to mains power..."

Done properly, it could discourage people from trying their luck hoping the it's unlocked :-)

But I suspect by "mains", people are referring to a mains powered adaptor to push 5-12v into the lock unit.

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