[hackerspaces] Electric strikes

Eric Michaud eric at hackerspaces.org
Tue May 3 20:16:52 CEST 2016


If this is still an issue I would highly recommend contacting
https://securitysnobs.com. Either by phone or email. They don't list
electric strikes on their site but they can source practically anything if
you can explain what your setup is and they don't recommend crap. They also
have a booth a DefCon every year for awhile now.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Arclight <arclight at gmail.com> wrote:

> I should clarify: Low-cost electric strikes from no-name Asian vendors
> (i.e. the ones that routinely sell on eBay or Amazon for USD 10-35)
> aren't suitable for heavy use.  You really want one of the U.S. or
> European-made Grade I electric locks or strikes.
>
> Also, electric locks are often easier to install and require building
> modification than strikes.
>
> Arclight
>
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 2:43 AM, webmind <webmind at puscii.nl> wrote:
> > On 15/01/16 08:52, Arclight wrote:
> >> My advice, from helping with about 20 installs of the Open Access
> >> system we build:
> >>
> >> Don't buy cheap door hardware.  Import electric strikes are OK for
> >> low-abuse, low-traffic applications like interior doors and cabinets.
> >> For what you're describing, you really want a good,grade 1 commecial
> >> strike from a vendor like Trine, Assa-Abloy, Stanley Commercial,
> >
> > All of these brands require importing... Depending on where you live.
> >
> >
> > --
> > GPG Key: https://u2m.nl/data/webmind.asc
> > GPG Fingerprint:         0506976E 234653B4 A628EC33 E23D16EE FCF154AE
> > XMPP webmind at puscii.nl:  D79970A8 7EC43E29 186D86BA 590F20F6 4C7930B8
> > XMPP webmind at laglab.org: 11E91112 091881F7 53EF6108 63C48543 C74D035C
> > u2m.nl (exp: 08/04/2016) SHA256:
> >
> C2:40:67:22:25:52:29:AF:DF:50:4E:2A:6B:32:6D:BC:5B:1E:CA:7D:52:3B:4C:4A:21:5D:C8:E5:AE:7D:1A:09
> > Puscii (exp: 04/03/2016) SHA256:
> >
> F9:C7:B1:B7:90:6B:17:BF:84:93:93:7C:0F:B4:FD:BE:E3:C0:71:9D:83:01:ED:3A:96:FE:FC:82:9D:30:51:C9
> >
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