Re: Electric Lock choice

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 1 Aug 2005 18:14:28 -0400, "petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Sorry to disturb you in your little world of magic where there is an exit
>door close enough any where in an airport that will never lead to the
>tarmac,
>but in the real world Architect and engineer have to supply by code some way
>of exiting a building in case of emergency..and the door cannot be place
>more then given length(depend of your the code,don't know what it is in the
>state,and it could be even lower then the federal code,if the state itself
>stated as so..)(same here in Canada)
>
>that lead to doors that need to be opened in case of emergency to ANY part
>around an airport...
>
>that You decide you would not leave people go out in any case is NO revelent
>here...
>
>it is a fact and you would HAVE to do deal with it..
>
>stop dodging the real world..I am really wondering if you really know what
>you are talking about..
>
>
>About the locknetics maglocks..you are right they are not very good..
>they need to be powered by the exact voltage they were designed for..putting
>just 3 volts over will kill the device in a few months..
>

Sorry Jack, looks like Pete's right.  This area must have emergency
egress and the mid-seventies design of the airport terminal never
factored in 9/11.  We didn't design it, but I doubt much else could be
done.  To be honest, I'm not sure what the delay on the mags is.  It
could be 30 seconds or more.  However, TSA is never more than a few
hundred feet from this area, so 30 seconds would suffice for response
to an audible alarm at the door in question.