Device and methods for providing a lock for preventing unwanted access to a locked enclosure

The lock configuration of 6, wherein the controller is further configured to:

• monitor the current power requirement of the lock configuration based on each of the features requested by the user to be executed by the lock configuration;
• activate each required feature when required to satisfy a request by the user;
• and
• deactivate each unnecessary feature when each unnecessary feature is no longer required to satisfy the request by the user to conserve overall power consumed by the lock configuration.

A method for providing power to a lock configuration, comprising:

• internally generating, from a generator configuration, generator power for the lock configuration, wherein the internally generated power is consumed by the lock configuration when each of a plurality of features is executed by the lock configuration,
• providing power, from at least one additional power source, to supplement the generator power for the lock configuration when the generator power is insufficient to execute at least one feature requested by a user to be executed by the lock configuration;
• and
• executing a plurality of actions, by a controller, in response to the at least one feature requested by the user to be executed by the lock configuration, wherein each of the plurality of actions ensures sufficient power is available for the lock configuration to execute the at least one feature requested by the user.