Emergency Door Release in Oman | Green Break Glass Unit, Single Pole

Description

What an emergency door release does

A magnetic lock holds a door shut using electricity. Cut the power and the door opens. That is exactly what this unit does. It sits on the wall beside the door at handle height. Break the glass and the circuit opens instantly.

The release is mechanical and direct. It does not ask the controller for permission. It does not depend on software, a card, or a network connection. If the access control panel has failed, this still works.

Green is not red

This unit is green, and the colour carries meaning. Green means safe action permitted. Red means fire. Breaking this unit releases the door and nothing else. It will not call the fire brigade and it will not sound the building fire alarm.

Fitters sometimes install a red fire call point next to an access door by mistake. That wiring is a serious error. A fire call point belongs on the fire alarm loop, not in a lock circuit.

Where it is fitted

Any door with an electric lock on the escape route needs a manual release. In practice that means office suites, clinics, server rooms, warehouse side doors and villa compound gates. If you have fitted a 180 kg magnetic lock or a 280 kg magnetic lock, this is the partner product.

It also belongs on glass doors. Where a lock is mounted with a U bracket for a frameless glass door, there is no mechanical handle to fall back on.

Wiring, briefly

Wire the unit in series with the lock supply from your access control power supply. Use the normally closed contact. Do not route it through the controller output. The whole point is that it works when the controller does not.

Single pole suits one lock on one circuit. If you need to drop two circuits at once, or trigger a sounder as well, step up to the double pole unit.

Buying an emergency door release Oman wide

We hold these in Al Khuwair, Muscat. You can collect over the counter or we will fit it with the lock on the same visit. Our engineers do the installation themselves. If you are pricing a full door, see the parts list on our access control system page. An emergency door release Oman buyers can fit the same day is worth more than one on a three week lead time.

FAQs

Q: Will breaking this set off the fire alarm? No. It is a door release only. It cuts power to the lock and does nothing else. The fire alarm is a separate red device on a separate circuit. If breaking your unit does sound the fire alarm, it has been wired into the wrong loop and should be checked.

Q: Is an emergency release required on a locked door in Oman? Any door on an escape route that is held by an electric lock needs a manual way to open it. That is the principle behind every civil defence inspection we have seen. <!– STOCK –> Confirm the exact requirement for your building with your consultant or the authority having jurisdiction, because it varies with occupancy and building type.

Q: Once the glass is broken, is my door left unlocked? Yes, until the unit is reset. That is deliberate. The door stays free so people can keep leaving. Replace the glass panel and the lock energises again. Keep spare glass on site so a broken unit does not become an open door for a week.

Q: Can one unit release two doors? A single pole unit switches one circuit. If both maglocks share that one supply, then yes. If they are on separate supplies, you need the double pole version or a second unit. Wiring two supplies through one pole is not safe practice.