Tim Weller of Allegion sent me today’s Fixed-it Friday photo and I’m not sure what to think, between the sensor bar on an inswinging door and the deadbolt that overrides the electrified hardware. And on a door that someone really wants to make sure is locked!
Send me your Frankenstein door photos and I’ll post them here! 😀
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What exit device? All I see is a straight pull handle. 🙂
AMAZING…
Hi Lori, Mason with Area Wide Locksmith here, I would like to use this article in our monthly newsletter. We feel it’s important to help our customers know when things don’t look right, so they can have a peace of mind when a job is finished, and done correctly. Thanks!
Hi Mason –
Since this one is an Allegion photo, feel free to use it in your newsletter. 🙂
– Lori
Ahhh. The Securitron TSB. Used this bar a lot back in the day. Oddly, this configuration should work because the bar is touch sensitive anywhere between the end pieces. But Securitron used to sell a TSP (Touch Sense Pull) designed exactly for this purpose. Wonder why they elected to use the TSB in place of a TSP, particularly since the TSP was cheaper.
Interesting Subcomment: I was servicing this product on a main door of a med school building (tuning it for site conditions) when a guy that looked exactly like Lerch from the Adams Family attempted to exit but could not activate the bar. This guy was 6’11” and was the physically the most scary dude I had ever seen. He even talked like the guy. As much as he tried, he could not activate the TSB. I called in the rep who said it could not be true. So I went back and got Lerch…. who as it turned out was the body prepper for the gross anatomy lab on the second floor. To make things really even more strange, he was in the process of prepping a dead body for the next class. He came down and tried once again in front of the rep. We adjusted and adjusted and still did not work for him; while everyone else had no problems. That’s when I standardized on the SS99 with dual switches…Getting a few grey hairs here and I just had to share the TSB story
Wow! That’s crazy! Why do you think it wouldn’t work for him?
– Lori