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RE: Central Locking



Thanks all, does anyone see any problems, or solutions, with hooking CBus
up
to this kind of system?

Cheers

martin

-----Original Message-----
From: ian.bird@xxxxxxx
[mailto:ian.bird@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 28 June 2004 15:22
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Central Locking


I looked into this with a slightly cheapskate hat on. In the end I bought
a couple of Maplins electric locks which would fail locked. There are
available with two different shaped 'bits' where the mating strike will
sit. These have to be the right angled shaped version not the square one.
The reason is because I got some locks which are like mortice locks in the
door but the latch bit can be operated like a Yale lock. This means the
door can be manually unlocked from either side even if there is no power.

I have yet to actually install this lot but it will work just fine. I felt
that a home made battery backup was not adequate for internal operation in
the case of fire etc. I could not guarantee it would work under any and
all circumstances and family and kids safety has to come first.

Mind you, no-one in my shed or garage on a permanent basis so I can feel
it happening there sometime soon ;-))

Ian






"Rodney Hall" <rmh@xxxxxxx>
28/06/2004 13:27
Please respond to ukha_d


To:     <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
cc:
Subject:        RE: [ukha_d] Central Locking


Why don't you use fail locked and use battery back-up?

I have all external access locked this way, including the garage door. On
test, one set (garage door, accidentally!) lasted 3 months without mains!
I
use Paxton access with weatherproof keypads http://www.paxton-access.co.uk

--
Rodney Hall
Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
rmh@xxxxxxx
http://rmhh.co.uk/
http://rmhh.org.uk/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Wonders [mailto:martin.wonders@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 1:20 PM
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Central Locking
>
> I was hoping to get locks that would do both i.e. key and
> electronic, I want
> power failure mode to be locked,
> that way I can override with the key.




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