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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Ike,
The three switches you link to are commonly shown and marketed as limit switches. Everyone knows them as limit switches, they come in the KOP as limit switches albeit with different actuators. Limit switches are legal on the minibot and have been from the first day.
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Yes, but 2 of the 3 are not marketed as such from their sources. I agree with you that almost everyone knows this.
There are some other switches that I really want to use that I have found at Lowes or Home depot in the home lighting section. The packaging says push button switch. It is a 125V switch that can clearly be used to turn a light on at home. It is readily available, but I don't know if every inspector will let me use this.
There is a switch at Radioshack that I would love to use. I found it in the limit switch drawer, but it is labeled "push button" on the packaging. I have found other "push button" style switches as limit switches on other websites. Much like the "limit" switch in the above example says "micro switch" not limit switch.
When update 12 came out, I thought we were beyond the bring your packaging, bring the website, bring the marketing brochure from the manufacturer... but I have heard from other teams that their switches weren't allowed during week 2 events.
I am not trying to lawyer the rule, I am just trying to figure out how we will be held accountable for choosing the switch we choose to use.