Power controller for a door lock and method of conserving power

A power control system for use with a first electric lock mechanism having a first actuator, and a second electric lock mechanism having a second actuator, said power control system comprising:

• a) a power supply configured to output an output voltage to each of said first actuator and said second actuator, wherein said output voltage to each of said first and second actuators has a first pick current component and a second hold current component, and wherein said pick current component is greater in magnitude than said hold current component;
• b) a first credential device coupled to said first electric lock mechanism and powered by said power supply, and a second credential device coupled to said second electric lock mechanism, each of said first and second credential devices configured to signal said power supply to output said output voltage upon receiving an authorized credential;
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• c) a microcontroller configured to monitor and control said power supply, said first and second credential devices, and said first and second actuators,
• wherein, in an event when said first and second credential devices signal said power supply simultaneously, said microcontroller senses said event and instructs said power supply to sequentially output said output voltage to said first and second actuators, and
• wherein said sequential output of said output voltage to said first and second actuators includes said microcontroller instructing said power supply to output said first pick current component to said second actuator only after said first pick current component to said first actuator steps down to said second hold current component of said first actuator, and wherein said instruction to said power supply to output said first pick current component to said second actuator occurs while said second hold current component is being provided to said first actuator.