Re: Door Switches/ where buy ?

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On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:28:58 -0500, Nate Nagel <njnagel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>James wrote:
>> I have a hard wired, simple,  Radio Shack alarm system.  It uses small
>> spring-button switches that go into the frame of a door jamb.  You drill a
>> hole about 3/4  of an inch or so, and install the switch in the hole.
>>
>> Radio Shack no longer makes alarm systems, and thus they don't sell the
>> switches.   Can anyone recommend a place to buy them please ?
>>
>> Thanks for any advice on this.
>>
>> James
>
>What I see a lot of now are magnetic reed switch type door contacts, I
>bet those would be easier to find than a pin switch.  Pretty standard
>security stuff.

Yes, you can put them under the copper weatherstripping and they work
just as well.   My door was kicked in the first year I was here,
between 6 and 8 on a summer Sunday, and I also bought the plate that
wraps around the door under the doorknob, and the magnet part I put
under that. So both parts were hidden but it worked fine.

Though, iiuc what the op is talking about, I used a roller plunger in
my sliding door tracks.  It doesn't show at all and it's put so I can
leave the door open five inches and still set the alarm.  (though I
never set the alarm when I'm home, and even when it was broken I
didn't always close the back door when I left.

OP, while in person some suppliers are wholesale only, on the web,
most places do't worry about that.

I found a dentist supply store that sold rubber bands for braces.  I
think it was 2.30 a bag and 35 cents for shipping.   I used them for
eyeglasses, at the hinges. :)

>nate