Re: Electromagnetic Lock Installation

["Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Why?
>
> Paragraph 3 of City of Vancouver Bulletin 95-10:
> --- snip ---
> You asked "why".  I don't argue with City Hall.  You can't use them in
> Vancouver.

Sounds like some beauracrat wrote a rule without any knowledge of access
control.

>> Similar rules apply here as well but solenoid
>> door strikes are generally accepted without
>> special door releasing devices because the
>> door can still be opened in the normal manner
>> with or without electrical power.
>
> Solenoid door strikes on egress doors are not
> acceptable to the AHJ in Vancouver.

I wonder if he's got a cousin in Windsor, CT.  :^)

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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