Re: Question for group on Pull stations?

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"Andrew Buchanan" <drewber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You also use the aux. contact on the pull stations by the doors with mag
> locks (if any) to provide a local release.  The locks are supposed to drop
> as soon as the fire alarm trips, however like its been mentioned if you
need
> to evacuate before the fire alarm is set off by another device or the
system
> fail somehow and the emerg dr is maged, you could be toast.
>
> Andrew
>
IMO that's a bad idea, and most AHJ's would not approve a maglock going
through an auxiliary set of contacts on a pull station labeled for "Fire".
Any fire device activation needs to release magnetic locks, not just a fire
pull station. The general public wouldn't understand such a release method.
It's always best to have a separate pull station labeled for "Emergency Door
Release", which under any circumstances, including electronic failure, would
release the door.