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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
Don,
I looked at Mouser and at Cherry Switch and could find no mention of "limit" in either location. If you have a page where this switch is listed as a limit switch, you merely have to bring a copy with you to show the inspection team.
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Exactly what we did Al. See the attached image. That got it approved in NJ, but I have no confidence that it'll be approved in VA or CMP.
Now I am just as unhappy with the GDC on this issue as anyone, since all they did was make us scour the web looking for someone calling the device we wanted a "Limit Switch".
Certainly outside the intent of the rules (and not morally right, either), but anyone could set up a web page selling a "limit switch" and the poor inspector would have to accept a printout of that page.
Team 75 showed us a nifty trick for the top shut-off switch: Take a KoP
microswitch limit switch (they ARE listed as "limit switches" on the
manufacturer's data sheet - look for the words "end of limit"), bend the lever into a "C" shape, and it will latch under the body of the switch when pressed downwards. (Let me know if I have to post a photo).