Electrified Exit Devices

An electrified exit device lets your access control system decide when a door is locked, unlocked, or monitored, while the push bar still lets everyone out. Shop Sargent electrified exit devices in the 8500, 8700, 8800, and 8600 Series with electric latch retraction, request-to-exit, latchbolt monitoring, electric dogging, and Electroguard delayed egress, in 12V and 24V. In stock at Commercial Door Hardware and shipping the same day.

What Electrifying an Exit Device Adds

A mechanical exit device does one job well: it opens the door when someone pushes the bar. What it can't do is respond to a card reader, unlock on a schedule, tell a security system the door was opened, or let an automatic operator swing the door without fighting a latch.

Electrified exit devices add those capabilities without changing the basic rule of panic hardware. The push bar still releases the latch mechanically from the inside, every time, with or without power. Electrification controls outside access, latch position, and monitoring signals. It never stands between an occupant and the way out.

Sargent Electrified Options

Sargent identifies electrified options with a prefix in front of the device model, so a 55-56-8810 is an 8800 Series exit-only device with request-to-exit and electric latch retraction.

Electric Latch Retraction vs. Electric Dogging vs. Electrified Trim

These three get specified interchangeably, and they do different jobs.

Electric latch retraction is the right answer whenever an automatic door operator is on the opening, since the operator can't open a latched door. Electrified trim is usually the simpler and lower-draw choice when the goal is only to control who opens the door from outside.

Sargent 56- Electric Latch Retraction Specifications

Motor-driven retraction is what makes the 56- quiet, which matters in hospitals, assisted living, theaters and libraries where a solenoid slam on every cycle would be a constant distraction. The low current draw also keeps the power supply smaller and lets the device run through an electric hinge rather than a dedicated power transfer.

Fail Safe vs. Fail Secure

Both allow free egress from inside at all times. The choice depends on what the opening must do during a power failure or fire alarm, so confirm it with your authority having jurisdiction and fire alarm designer.

Popular Sargent Electrified Exit Devices

Available Finishes

Finish codes follow the BHMA system, with the older US designation shown alongside. The two codes describe the same finish, so 630 and US32D are interchangeable on a hardware schedule.

Benefits of Sargent Electrified Exit Devices

• Centralized control of locking and unlocking from the access control system.

• Free egress at all times, with or without power.

• Quiet motor-driven retraction suited to noise-sensitive buildings.

• Low current draw of 600mA retracting and 250mA holding.

• Monitoring signals for latch position, rail use and lever use.

• Works with automatic operators using electric latch retraction.

• Fail-safe and fail-secure options to suit each opening.

• One platform across rim, vertical rod and mortise devices.

• Ready to ship. In-stock devices ship the same day.

Applications

• Main entrances unlocked on a schedule and locked after hours.

• ADA entrances with automatic door operators.

• Card access perimeter doors on offices, schools, and campuses.

• Hospitals and assisted living, where quiet operation matters.

• Theaters, auditoriums, libraries and churches using electric dogging.

• Data centers and secured corridors monitored with request-to-exit and latch signals.

• School lockdown applications where doors lock from a central command.

Commercial Door Hardware That Completes the Opening

An electrified opening has more parts than a mechanical one. Beyond the device and trim, it typically needs a power supply, an electric hinge or power transfer, a closer, and coordination with the access control system.

Why Order Sargent Electrified Exit Devices from Commercial Door Hardware

Commercial Door Hardware supplies door hardware for schools, healthcare facilities, offices, retail, hospitality and institutional buildings across the country, carrying exit devices, exit trim, locks, cylinders, closers, hinges, thresholds, weatherstripping and the parts that go with them from Sargent, Von Duprin, Corbin Russwin, Accentra, Schlage, LCN, Norton and Pemko.

Electrified openings fail when the parts don't match: a device that needs 24V on a 12V supply, or a wiring harness that doesn't fit the hinge. We stock devices, trim, power supplies, electric hinges, and harnesses so the whole electrified opening can be ordered together.

Every item in this collection is in stock at Commercialdoorhardware.com and ships the same day, because a failed exit opening is a life safety and security problem rather than a maintenance item.