If your electronic safe lock battery is not working, you should replace it immediately.If it is older than a year or if you are not getting the desired results, then you should consider replacing it.
right voltage, replace it today! Many readers put their guns in a safe to store them for the winter. It’s easy to tuck away the guns and forget about them. There’s one thing you should do first before closing the safe. As a precaution, you should change the battery in your electronic keypad safe every year. You don’t want the keypad memory to be kaput in a few month’s time and you being locked out. This can lead to a costly locksmith visit. Low Voltage Battery? You may be locked out…
Here’s an actual story. I have a safe with a Sargent & Greenleaf keypad. In early December of a couple of years ago, I tried to open the safe. I entered the correct combination but I only heard a rapid “beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep”. I entered the correct combination again (which I did). The locking system responded again with multiple rapid beeps, indicating that something was wrong. The safe would not open. Now I was worried …. I removed the battery holder from the housing of the keypad on the door (which slides into place from the bottom). I removed the battery, and tested it using a voltmeter. The Duracell 9 volt battery was 12 months old and only registered 6.1 voltage. The problem was low voltage. I went to the store and bought a couple of new 9V batteries. I tested the batteries and they both measured 9.4 voltage output. I inserted one of the 9V batteries in the keypad housing and punched in the combination. Everything worked again. Eureka. Most electronic locks will “remember” your combination for a certain period of time, even if the battery is low. (The keypad’s “brain”, which stores the combination, should also retain it when you replace the battery. A dead battery or prolonged periods of low voltage may cause problems. Do not rely on wishful thoughts…
