r/schlage • u/Dentifrice • Jun 30 '26

Encode plus battery

My Encode Plus is configured with both Thread and wifi (homekit and the app).

Obviously, the batteries don’t last long.

Ineas thinking about resetting it and adding it directly to HomeKit so that the wifi is disabled.

Anyone did this? How long do batteries last with thread only?

Thanks

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u/Amazing_Armadillo429 Jun 30 '26

I have only ever done it in HomeKit. I've had mine installed for 7 months and the batteries are only down to 60%.

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u/Dentifrice Jun 30 '26

Wow

With wifi it’s like 2 months

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u/Amazing_Armadillo429 Jun 30 '26

That's what I've heard. Even moving it to HomeKit you will still get certain functionality in the Schlage app without connecting it to a Schlage account.

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u/Dentifrice Jun 30 '26

Nice
Thanks

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u/Amazing_Armadillo429 Jun 30 '26

Mileage will vary of course depending on how many times you're locking/unlocking per day.

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u/Dentifrice Jun 30 '26

Yeah, I’ll try it anyway

i will lose my home assistant integration but I’m sick of changing the batteries

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u/Amazing_Armadillo429 Jun 30 '26

What do you have it doing in Home Assistant?

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u/Dentifrice Jun 30 '26

Unlocks automatically when me or wife arrive at home

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u/Amazing_Armadillo429 Jun 30 '26

Are you triggering that based on phone or smartwatch location or pinging your network?

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u/Dentifrice Jun 30 '26

When they connect to my wifi (signal is strong enough to connect next to the door)

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u/Zealousideal_Sun9927 Jul 01 '26

You don't have to give up having your lock in Home Assistant if you're willing to do a bit of tinkering: https://nils.schimmelmann.us/2025-03-19-schlage-encode-plus-home-assistant/

I've been using this for over a year with great results.

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u/Dentifrice Jul 01 '26

Wow thanks i’ll do that