I use the Kwikset Zigbee locks in my house and they work well. I have noticed that the plain Kwikset pushbutton deadbolt is the same as the Zigbee or Z-wave lock with the addition of a radio card. The non-wireless lock sells for about $79, where the Zigbee or Z-wave versions sell for about $200.
My question is, has anyone tried removing the Zigbee or Z-wave radio cards from the Zigbee or Z-Wave versions, and putting them in the non-wireless version? Why i ask is because I have lots of the gold color Zigbee locks, but in an effort to get out of the 90's in my new house, the wife has told me our new color is silver. It would be lots cheaper to just buy non-wireless silver Kwikset locks and move the radio cards over.
Also, the older Kwikset locks stored 2 entry codes. The new ones store 8 plus a master code. So the question here is, has anyone tried moving a radio card from the 2 code version to the 8 code version with success?
My guess is any radio card fits in any lock, but I'm not positive.
I do know the Zigbee or Z-wave lock comes with a cover that lets the radio wave through, whereby the non-wireless one does not, but it looks like the newer versions have a different cover that might work with both. I haven't found any retailer that yet sells the new version with Zigbee or Z-wave, but the new non-wireless version does still contain the Zigbee/Z-wave slot so I assume they make them.
My question is, has anyone tried removing the Zigbee or Z-wave radio cards from the Zigbee or Z-Wave versions, and putting them in the non-wireless version? Why i ask is because I have lots of the gold color Zigbee locks, but in an effort to get out of the 90's in my new house, the wife has told me our new color is silver. It would be lots cheaper to just buy non-wireless silver Kwikset locks and move the radio cards over.
Also, the older Kwikset locks stored 2 entry codes. The new ones store 8 plus a master code. So the question here is, has anyone tried moving a radio card from the 2 code version to the 8 code version with success?
My guess is any radio card fits in any lock, but I'm not positive.
I do know the Zigbee or Z-wave lock comes with a cover that lets the radio wave through, whereby the non-wireless one does not, but it looks like the newer versions have a different cover that might work with both. I haven't found any retailer that yet sells the new version with Zigbee or Z-wave, but the new non-wireless version does still contain the Zigbee/Z-wave slot so I assume they make them.