Door Switches/ where buy ?

 

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

 


Radio Shack never made alarm systems

 

Wrong, they made them.  But it was quite some time ago.  They even sold
them as kits.


Radio Shack never made alarm systems

 

James wrote:

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.

nate

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wrote:


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. :)