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Re: 2 NORMAL Switches on a Minibot.

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Originally Posted by FRC4ME View Post
Allowing household light switches but not functionally identical toggle switches is nonintuitive at best: About 1 in 10 of the Minibot Q&A posts are "is this switch legal?" questions.
And about 9 in 10 could be answered by reading the manual. It describes the criteria for a limit switch (must be sold as a limit switch) and a household light switch (standard switch intended for mounting in a wall outlet box).

Can't coddle people forever. Though showing them the wealth of useful bits in the manual is (hopefully) good incentive for them to start pawing through it at least.
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