What is an electric strike anyway?
Technically, an electric strike is an access control apparatus that is installed for doors and it substitutes the fixed strike that often is used with a latchbar. Resembling a fixed strike, it usually offers a ramped surface to the latchbar allowing the door to close and latch just like a fixed strike would. However, an electric strike’s ramped surface can, upon command, pivot out of the way of the latchbar allowing the door to be pushed open without the latchbar being retracted (that is, without any operation of the knob).Electric strikes generally come in two basic configurations:* Fail-secure. In this configuration, applying electrical current to the strike will cause it to open. In this configuration, the strike would remain locked in a power failure, but typically the knob can still be used to open the door from the inside.* Fail-safe. In this configuration, applying electrical current to the strike will cause it to lock. In this configuration, it operates the same as a magnetic l
