Re: Electric door bump thingie

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Crash Gordon wrote:
> Working on a custom maglock project. I need something like a 12v solenoid to
> "bump" a hidden door opened after the maglock releases. There's no visible
> means of opening the door from outside the room. Just has to bump the door
> opened enough so you can grab the door to open it.
>
> Or..any other ideas?
>
>


Sure.  The door unlock solenoid from a car would probably do the trick.
  And it's 12 Volts too.

http://www.a1electric.com/mes.htm

You could use the normally open/normally closed contacts on a relay to
handle both the maglock "unlock" and the door push solenoid functions
(same side of the relay).