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My current apartment has a "smart lock" system for entry into the building. The system becomes unresponsive with no electricity, which means you're locked out.
by ulucs 7y ago
My current apartment has a "smart lock" system for entry into the building. The system becomes unresponsive with no electricity, which means you're locked out.
But you can kick open the door anyways, so at least that's an alternative to being locked out.
- lawlessone 7y agoJesus, what if that failed in a fire?
- ziari 7y agoNearly all smart locks can be mechanically unlocked from the inside (as required by fire safety regulations).
- more_pylons 7y agoIn the case of a fire tenents try to get out of the house and usually there is a normal manual turn lock on the inside of the door that works without electricity. For the fire fighters, I assume they break down the door anyways?
- iamatworknow 7y agoIn my apartment building all of the external access doors are held closed by electromagnetic "locks" that require a key fob to open, unless we lose power, in which case there's no battery backup and they're all unlocked.