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Re: Dead Mans Switch

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Originally Posted by ferret_guy View Post
my main concern is that it gets away from someone so I wanted to implement something that required no thinking to engage, I thought that a big red button may not get pressed by the time something bad happens.
Mark,
That's not an "Emergency Power Off" button, although it looks like one. It's a spring loaded momentary contact switch. It can be wired so that you have to press and hold the button down just like your grip bar example at the top of the thread.
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