Little wonder they discontinued them. Have you seen the insulation resistance of those things!

Hi Ian, If possible, I would recommend changing to a modern enclosed microswitch. I have used Omron's D2F series in many projects with great success. About 1 UK pound retail, probably 50 p or less each from an Omron distributor in UK. Many styles of lever and terminals available, several operating forces and volt / amp combinations up to 5A at 250 VAC. These are good units with small size high performance and quality at a good price. No connection to Omron except as a very satisfied user. (if you still use a computer mouse chances are it has two D2F's in it, or a cheap knockoff of one – billions of them in service worldwide)

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Funny, that ^^^

I actually copied and pasted the text directly from the document linked on the RS Components page.

Perhaps [prior to apologising for yet another snide remark] you could try reading the definitive document.

MichaelG.

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https://docs.rs-online.com/5321/0900766b810168f7.pdf

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/07/2020 20:41:19

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In fact, all that would tell you is that the insulation resistance is greater than a small resistance.

… Which would be about as pointless as the crass assessment given ‘in your book‘

MichaelG.

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Yes, I know [thanks] … It’s the snide digs that I find objectionable

[quote] Try again, you clearly didn’t read the link. Probably as usual, when it suits you. Here is what it actually says, just for you. [/quote]

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 01/07/2020 22:28:07

Yes I think we all have enough on our minds at this time without seeing nastiness on here.

Edited By V8Eng on 01/07/2020 22:34:44

You obviously didn't frequent surplus shops Mark. Have a couple of these as limit switches on a radio control "Servo" I made around 1960. Were scavenged from an "Aerial tuning unit" ex RAF, difference being the insulator is a paxolin stack.

Regards Ian.

Edited By Circlip on 02/07/2020 12:03:47