On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Alan B. Pearce <Alan.B.Pearce@stfc.ac.uk>wrote:

> >I'm not really looking for a DIY type solution, here- more a
> >product recommendation in the $50US range.  I don't mind
> >working something up to provide the 30-second hold period, but
> >I don't want to kludge up the locking mechanism.
>
> How about one of those magnetic latches used for card entry door systems,
> where there is a steel plate on the door, and a whacking great
> electromagnet
> mounted on the frame? Done right the magnet could latch onto the back of
> the
> rack unit (if you used a steel back panel rather than aluminium) to stop it
> being pulled out.
>

These are about $400US, per the McMaster-Carr catalog.

Some recommendations from a co-worker have me paging through Banner,
Schneider, Honeywell, and Jokab catalogs.  Maybe one of them will have
something, I don't know.

This seems like a fairly common problem- I think this is yet another case
of not know what the right search term to put into Google is to find the
product I need.

Mike H.
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