Aiphone EL-12S - Electric Door Strike for Wood Frames

That's exactly what the EL-12S is built for. It's an electric door strike intended for wood framed wooden doors. If your jamb is aluminum or hollow metal, look at a strike prepped for that jamb instead, such as the Adams Rite 7100 for aluminum jambs or the Adams Rite 7170 for hollow metal and wood jambs.

It measures 4-1/8 x 1 x 1-1/4 inches. That's smaller than a standard 4-7/8 x 1-1/4 inch ANSI strike cutout, so it is not a drop-in for a jamb already prepped to ANSI. For an existing ANSI prep, a strike with a 4-7/8 x 1-1/4 inch faceplate like the Dortronics 3300 or the Adams Rite 7170 lines up instead.

The EL-12S is listed for use with the AX Series, C-123L/A Set, C-123LW Set, DA-1DS, DA-2DS, DA-4DS, IE-8 Series, IX Series, JF Series, JK Series, JO Series, JP Series, KB Series, LEF Series, LEM-1DL Series and LEM-1DLC. If your Aiphone station is on that list, the door release output will drive it.

No. Use a strike that carries a fire rating for that opening. Options include the Von Duprin 6400, which is 3-hour UL 10C rated in fail-secure, the Hager 2930 fire rated Grade 1 strike, or the Camden CX-ED1410/ED1420 universal ANSI fire-rated strikes.

The EL-12S is built for wood framed wooden doors and is not presented as a weather rated device. For a gate, the Camden CX-ED1959 Series is an outdoor rated electric gate strike, and the Trine EN43012DC32DRH is listed for indoor and outdoor use at 12VDC with a cavity centerline offset of 1 inch.

The Aiphone EL-12S is built for wood framed wooden doors, so an aluminum jamb calls for a different body. The Adams Rite 7100 Series is an electric strike for aluminum jambs with a flat faceplate measuring 1-1/4 inches by 4-7/8 inches, and the Adams Rite 7160 is an aluminum jamb strike with the same 1-1/4 inch by 4-7/8 inch faceplate. Both are narrow stile style bodies sized for the tube of an aluminum door frame rather than a wood jamb cutout.

The Aiphone EL-12S is a release-only strike controlled by an N/O contact or voltage output, with no monitoring circuit in its feature set. If you need status back at the panel, the Dortronics 3300 Series is an electric strike with a latch bolt sensing switch and a strike plate for ANSI prep at 4-7/8 by 1-1/4 inches, the Hager 2945 is a fire rated rim exit strike with a latchbolt monitor, and the Camden CX-ED1799L-8 is a Grade 1 dual monitor strike supplied with 8 faceplates.

No. The EL-12S is a wood frame door strike and does not address exit device hardware. For surface vertical rod exit devices, the HES Folger Adam 310-4-2 is a complete electric strike pac for surface vertical rods. For a rim exit device, the SDC 30-4 Series is a 3/4 inch Pullman latchbolt rim mount strike in stainless steel, and the Hager 2945 is a fire rated rim exit strike with field selectable fail safe or fail secure.

Two ways: a normally open dry contact closure, or a voltage output. So it isn't limited to Aiphone gear. Any controller or relay board that can give you an N/O contact closure, or a 12 VAC door release output, will operate it.

The EL-12S is a light wood-frame intercom release strike and Aiphone doesn't publish a latchbolt throw range for it. If you're working with a specific mortise or cylindrical latch throw, pick a strike rated to that throw: the HES Folger Adam 310-1(X) body handles 1/2, 5/8 or 3/4 inch throw latchbolts, the SDC 25 Series takes a 1/2 inch latchbolt, and the Securitron MUNL is a mortise unlatch strike.

The Aiphone EL-12S is a single fixed body sized 4-1/8 by 1 by 1-1/4 inches for wood frame work. When frame preps differ door to door, a universal kit fits more openings: the Camden CX-ED1410 and CX-ED1420 Series are universal Grade 1 ANSI fire-rated strikes, the Camden CX-ED1689L-4 is a fire rated universal low profile strike supplied with 4 faceplates, and the Von Duprin 6400 32D is a Grade 1 modular strike that covers mortise or cylindrical locks.

The Aiphone EL-12S is a wood frame strike intended to be released by the N/O contact or voltage output of an Aiphone intercom. For mortise lock openings, the Securitron MUNL Series Mortise UnLatch is a Grade 1 fire rated strike, and the Von Duprin 6210 is a heavy duty Grade 1 electric strike for mortise locks at 24 VDC fail-secure with a UL 10C fire rating.

The EL-12S is a 4-1/8 by 1 by 1-1/4 inch body that sets into the wood frame. If you would rather not cut the existing jamb, the Locknetics NC450 US32D is a no cut electric strike. The RCI 15BS is an economy fail-secure strike for special offset latch entry, which is another route when the existing prep is non-standard.

The EL-12S releases on an N/O contact or voltage output from the connected Aiphone station and is not offered as a field convertible device. If the opening needs the mode set in the field, the Hager 2925 with 5/8 inch latch and the Hager 2928 both offer field reversible fail safe/fail secure operation, and the Trine EN43012DC32DRH is field selectable FS or FSE at 12VDC with up to 7/8 inch throw.

The EL-12S runs at 12 VAC. Among comparable strikes, the Trine 004 accepts 8-16VAC in fail secure with a 6-1/4 inch by 1-3/8 inch faceplate and up to 5/8 inch throw, and the Trine 2001-16-24 takes 16-24VAC/DC in fail secure with a 5-7/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch faceplate and up to 5/8 inch throw. Match the strike's voltage window to whatever transformer is feeding the opening.

The Aiphone EL-12S is a single wood frame strike. For a double door opening, the Rockwood ESK-DBL is a double door electric strike with a 3/4 keeper, Grade 1 and fire rated in the 310-1 Series. The HES Folger Adam 310-1(X) strike body is the related single unit, covering 1/2 inch, 5/8 inch or 3/4 inch throw latchbolts.

The Aiphone EL-12S covers the wood framed wooden doors, running at 12 VAC off the intercom contact. For the rated corridor openings, the Camden CX-ED1410 and CX-ED1420 Series are universal Grade 1 ANSI fire-rated strikes, and the SDC 45F Series is a fire-rated strike for 5/8 inch latchbolts with a radius corner faceplate. HES 1500 Series and 1600 Series strike accessories are Grade 1 and fire rated if you are carrying spare parts for those families.

It's classified as commercial. Typical uses are apartment entries, small office doors and other wood-frame openings tied to an intercom or entry system. For a high-abuse opening you may want a heavy duty Grade 1 strike instead, such as the Alarm Controls AES-100 or the Von Duprin 4211.

For a modest wood door application the EL-12S is a compact 4-1/8 by 1 by 1-1/4 inch body released by an intercom contact. Similar light duty choices include the Trine 001 Series, a fail-secure light commercial strike with a 5-7/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch faceplate, the SDC 25 Series value strike for 1/2 inch latchbolts, and the RCI 15BS economy fail-secure strike.

Treat them as different preps. The EL-12S is a 4-1/8 by 1 by 1-1/4 inch body made specifically for wood framed wooden doors and released by an Aiphone N/O contact or voltage output. The Locknetics CS450-32D is a CS Series electric strike with its own body and faceplate geometry, so the jamb cutout and wiring should be verified against the opening rather than assumed to carry over.