Cheap DIY Keymagnet

I guess many of us had the unhappy moment when we realized that we forgot where we put our keys. Usually it is better to have a special place where you put them so that you will always know where you can find them.

Here it is a great idea for creating a cheap DIY Keymagnet. It will take only a few minutes to do it and it is also very cheap.Begin with a strong though small neodymium magnet. You can find them at hardware stores and on eBay. You do not have to use a cap.  You could just as easily tape the magnet to the inside of the plate or glue it.

Remove the plastic switch plate cover and put the magnet in the cap and wedge it between the switch and electrical box.  You could probably wrap some masking tape around the magnet if you needed to bulk it up to wedge it or reduce the attraction to the adjacent switch.

It is advisable to cut the power to the switch. Realize where the wires are attached to the switch. There was one screw on that side of the switch for the hot wire.  Therefore, you can put the magnet next to the green ground screw at the bottom. That’s it! You are done! The result is a surprisingly strong magnetic hook for keys.{found on instructables.com}