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Re: Alternative to limit switches?
there is absolutely no reason why a Cherry or SwitchCraft limit switch should ever break on your bot.
Im going to chance a guess here and bet you had the switch mounted so it was acting as a physical stop to the motion. A limit switch is suppose to actuate as a mechanical tripper slides PAST the switch lever, not INTO the lever from 90 degrees.
maybe I should sketch this out - thousand words and all that!
the red/black square is the moving arm tab that will engage the switch level. Note that it moves/ slides into the level and the lever closes the switch.
With the switch mounted like this there is no way its going to break, no matter what your SW does.
Last edited by KenWittlief : 28-11-2005 at 00:15.
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