Using a limit switch to limit motion

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Using a limit switch to limit motion

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18-12-2007, 17:52

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Re: Using a limit switch to limit motion

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Originally Posted by charrisTTI

The actual switch should not be the hard mechanical stop. Design the mounting of your switches so that something else takes the force of the overdrive.

<sigh> Too true. We were between a rock and a hard place (HA! no pun intended) on the location of those limits on the sliding mechanism (a series of drawer sliders). Spent all season dealing with it...a lesson learned in the end.

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