Re: Metal Plate

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"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Just a metal plate.  That's all that was found on the top of the doors.
> Held down with little nails.  It worked for a long time.  The plastic
> contact recessed in the jamb cleared when the doors were close.  What heck
> was it and how did it work?
>
> It finally failed.  That's how I discovered this little oddity.  I think I
> recall somebody on here mentioning something like it in the past.
>
>

Trying to read between the lines and come up with something that is
plausible here is my guess.

Some very different contact that has a magnet built in so that when the
metal plate was in position the magnet was attracted to in thus causing a
set of contacts to be opened or closed inside the device.

Never heard of such a set up.  Might work on a metal door, but doubt it.
Would not ever install one even if it was free.  Could be from a parallel
universe that brushed too close.

Take pictures and post somewhere for all to see.

Les