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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
We bought the electronic locks that actually need to be turned by hand to lock/unlock. We previously had fully electronic ones but found that the gears strip too easily and causes issues. Although the Schlage ones that we use have their own issue where the spring mechanism doesn't work effectively in the cold after a number of years. Ours started giving us issues after about 6 or 7 years so I adjusted the spring and it would work great down to -20. I finally replaced them all this year with new locks and it works great again.
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That's what I used on my garage. I didn't like the idea of the power side being exposed to a sub zero temp on the regular (detached garage) and worst case scenario, just use a key to open.
For my house, I use the August locks. The electronic components are on the inside and the outside is a normal deadbolt, so again, I use a key if the thing stops working.