Fail safe locks when looking at fail safe locks this means that it s default state is actually unlocked.
Fail safe door hardware definition.
For a fail secure system the default state is locked or secured.
Sometimes the approaches suggest opposite solutions.
All electric strike and maglock locking devices use power to secure a door but what the lock does once the power goes out hence the term fail is what determines whether the lock is fail safe or fail secure.
Locking device the locking device must be electrically locked and fail safe from the egress interior side.
To keep it locked during normal business operations power is applied.
Fail safe and fail secure are distinct concepts.
Fail secure locks are most often used for it rooms or other sensitive areas.
Fail safe electric locking devices are used wherever doors must remain unlocked in the event of a fire or other life safety emergency.
Fail safe fail secure refers to the status of the secure side key side outside of the door.
In this configuration applying electric current to the strike will cause it to unlock.
Why build a delayed egress system.
Also called fail locked or non fail safe.
Most products provide free egress whether they are fail safe or fail secure see below.
Fail secure also called fail closed means that access or data will not fall into the wrong hands in a security failure.
The most frequently used locking device in a component based delayed egress system is the electromagnetic lock.
An electric strike replaces the regular strike for a lockset or panic hardware.
Unlike fail safe fail secure means that if the power is interrupted or fails the door stays locked.
Fail safe locks are unlocked when the power goes out i e they require power to lock the door.
Fail safe means that a device will not endanger lives or property when it fails.
Fail safe fail secure refers to the status of the secure side key side outside of the door.
Should the power be interrupted or fail the door automatically unlocks or releases to let people out of the space.