Re: Sliding Door Wall Magnets

["Allan Waghalter" <awaghalter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It sounds like you do have the switches installed in the door frame.
Standard contact magnets will do fine.  They are 3/8" round and can be
obtained in 1/2 to 1" lengths.  You don't need a big magnet.  I am assuming
that the steel on your door is just a covering on the front and the back but
the actual door itself is just a standard hollow door.  If you have limited
depth available, the supply houses have very small super magnets that can be
mounted with a small screw and some glue.  These work well too.

"Surebet" <surebet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've read many of the FAQ's here and reviewed many of the switches
> available, but believe most of the ones listed as steel door contacts
> are for larger, commercial steel type doors or perhaps steel front
> doors on homes, etc.
>
> My home was prewired and contacts were installed on the sliding door
> wall doors going out to the back porch, however, when no magnetic
> contacts were installed in the doors.
>
> Being that the inside of the doors is not solid and mainly hollow
> before you get to the glass is it still not appropriate to use the
> magnet that comes with standard recessed door contacts?
>
> The reason I ask is because I have looked at some of the steel contact
> magnets out there and they appear to be quite long and I am not sure
> they would fit inside the door wall frame, but the standard recessed
> magnets will.
>
> So, if I cannot use standard recessed magnets in the door can anyone
> recommend one that might work in thinner door wall type sliding doors
> typically found in residences going out to a back porch?
>
> Thanks.