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How to specify an Electric Lock

What to put on an RFQ for Electric Lock: the ratings, documents, and constraints that change the quote.

25 Oct 2026 · 4 min read · Tradinor Desk

Specification points for Electric LockTRADINOR · FIGUREWhat to lock for Electric LockRulesCoverageImagePower and network
Put these on the RFQ for Electric Lock before you compare prices.

A buyer searching for Electric Lock is usually trying to stop a bad substitute. A security device here means an overt camera, recorder, or alarm for a site you control. Specify coverage, light, storage, and the network. Do not use this as a guide to hide a camera or record people in private spaces. The notes below are selection criteria for an Electric Lock. They are not a catalog promise. Confirm every rating on the current datasheet, drawing, or test report for the revision you will receive.

What has to be true of Electric Lock

A security device here means an overt camera, recorder, or alarm for a site you control. Specify coverage, light, storage, and the network. Do not use this as a guide to hide a camera or record people in private spaces. For an Electric Lock, start from the duty, then the interface to the rest of the machine or the room, then the document that proves the claim. A lower price that leaves one of those blank is a different product.

Electric Lock is easy to confuse with Speed Gate. If the quote could be read as either, add the line that separates them: the rating, the fitment, or the standard named below. Link the drawing number to that line so receiving inspection can reject the wrong one.

Numbers that change the quote

Line What to write for Electric Lock
Rules Whether signs, consent, or a local rule apply to this site.
Coverage What must be seen, at what distance, day and night.
Image Resolution and the low-light behavior, in the manufacturer’s terms.
Power and network PoE, mains, or the stated link.
Storage Days of retention and where the drive sits.
Mounting Overt housing and the IP code of an outdoor camera.

How to compare two offers

Lay both quotes for Electric Lock on one sheet and line up rules, coverage, and image. If a cell is empty, the offer is not finished. Ask for the missing line in writing. When those match, the honest difference is lead time, the test evidence, and who carries the warranty. Do not average a fully specified Electric Lock with a cheaper line that omitted rules.

Documents worth having before the deposit

Ask for a lens calculator or a stated field of view, and keep the camera overt. The file should name Electric Lock and the revision, not only the supplier’s homepage. A factory quality certificate such as ISO 9001 can sit beside that file. It does not replace it.

Failures that show up after delivery

  • Specifying a hidden install. That is out of scope for this desk.
  • Buying resolution and forgetting light and storage.
  • Putting an indoor camera outside.

On an Electric Lock, the expensive version of the first mistake is discovering it after the goods are in the crate. Put the rejection condition in the purchase order while the supplier can still restate the offer.

A worked RFQ line

Use this shape, then replace the brackets with your duty: “Electric Lock — State coverage, light, power, retention, and an overt mount.” That sentence is a template, not a rating of any brand. If a supplier’s datasheet uses different units, convert them onto this sheet so the next offer can be compared.

Where words like outdoor belong

Searches often add a constraint to Electric Lock: outdoor, or waterproof / IP65. Keep those on this page. Outdoor means UV, temperature cycle, and corrosion, not only a gasket. Name the climate and the years the gasket is expected to last. IP65 in IEC 60529 means dust-tight and protected against water jets. Write that code if hoses are the real exposure. The word waterproof alone does not name a test. If you need a third constraint, add it as another line on the same drawing. A second URL that only swaps the adjective does not give a buyer a second fact.

Related in this section: how to specify Speed Gate.

Questions buyers actually ask

What should an RFQ for Electric Lock include?

State coverage, light, power, retention, and an overt mount.

Is a cheaper Electric Lock the same part?

Only if rules, coverage, and the documents match. A missing line is a different offer.

Do waterproof, OEM, or IP words need their own page?

No. For Electric Lock they are extra lines on this specification. Ask for the test or the drawing that gives the word a value.