# Door Sensor doesn’t work on metal doors

**URL:** <https://community.ultraloq.com/t/door-sensor-doesn-t-work-on-metal-doors/3961>\
**Category:** Wishlist\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.ultraloq.com/t/door-sensor-doesn-t-work-on-metal-doors/3961 "2022-07-20T23:15:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Schwanbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Schwanbeck](https://community.ultraloq.com/u/Schwanbeck)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.ultraloq.com/t/door-sensor-doesn-t-work-on-metal-doors/3961/1 "2022-07-20T23:15:47Z")

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Hello,

I just learned that the door sensor won’t work on my lock, since the door is metal and apparently magnetized (NYC apartment). This is too bad as it’s a good feature. Why not make a simple device that just uses a physical contact to close a circuit to accomplish the same thing as the magnetic door sensor, to be used as an alternative? Seems like a pretty simple thing to engineer.

Thanks  
Zach

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**Author:** ![Vitaliy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4bbf92/32.png) [@Vitaliy](https://community.ultraloq.com/u/Vitaliy)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://community.ultraloq.com/t/door-sensor-doesn-t-work-on-metal-doors/3961/2 "2022-07-29T01:04:59Z")

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I have a metal door in my apartment.  
Door Sensor works just fine.