Magnetic Door Hold Open Fire Alarm

Mount the wall plate in an electrical outlet box or use a surface mount box sold separately.

Magnetic door hold open fire alarm.

With that said magnetic door holders are used as a convenience to hold doors open during normal operation. There are no codes nation or state wide that require doors to be held open. The magnet is fail safe and will hold the door until the current is interrupted. Wire these holders directly into your fire alarm system.

In the event of a fire emergency the fire alarm control panel or other compatible control means will release the magnet allowing the door to close to prevent the spread of smoke. Door holders closers can play an important role in controlling smoke migration in a building. When activated by a fire alarm the magnet shuts off and releases the door. The dorgards are great by the way but if the spec is magnetic door retainers they may want them as opposed to dorgards but if its high end property which a flat worth 3 5 mill is id expect a proper fire alarm in tbh a 2 zone panel is cheap enough and will give you the felxibility you need and give you extra income on repairs and servicing.

Electromagnetic door holders and releasers keep doors open until they are released by fire alarm systems remote smoke detectors or other switching devices. For use with doors that already have a closer these holders keep doors open with an electromagnet. An ordinary door closer and an electromagnet powered by the building s fire alarm and smoke detector system. The sentronic 7800 series magnet releases when the fire alarm panel enters an alarm condition and the electrical current is interrupted allowing the door to perform manually until power returns.

We offer a variety of magnetic door holder and magnetic fire door holder finishes including us28 luma sheen duranodic and gold. Dropping door holder power with loss of ac voltage when designing a fire alarm system you may come across the need for magnetic door holders. The tri voltage design provides 35 pounds of holding force. Owners and managers of buildings with fusible link hold open devices on fire.

All are reversible for right or left door swing directions. They provide a high holding force. Our cal royal magnetic door holders and magnetic fire door holders are ul listed for both the us and canadian market as well as approval from the california department of forestry and fire for the state of california. These fire rated door holders have an energized coil which creates a magnet strong enough to hold the self closing fire rated doors in the open position.