Need help finding a micro switch

I see no picture.

 

The suppliers for the gaming industry were dying off as I exited the business. Wicco no longer exists. Grainger used to carry some of the replaceable wire micros. More $ but availability forces your hand sometimes. Piano/hobby wire can be bought to make custom bends/lengths.  Searching Cherry brand, vending, or coin-op supplies should lead you to a dealer Id think. Most coin mech.s use them.(try Bobs Space Racers, best, friendliest manufacturer)  

You might try, www.allelectronics.com

 

"Pappy"

Try McMaster Carr:

Microswitches

 

Jerry

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Micro switches of this type vary incredibly in size, and trip weights/degrees, function(on-off-on/direction/placements etc.), and other considerations pre built in. Choose wisely, be picky if you want, there is one you want somewhere. 

Here is the Cherry version of what I think you want. http://cherryswitches.com/us/w...4/07/E51_Series1.pdf

Cherry switches...new manufacture to me...thanks....looks promising, just have to find the non-discontinued items


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If you don't mind sharing, what clever train application is this for?

 

 http://www.adafruit.com/products/820

 

Nice find....think about the cattle and similier loading devices.  This will allow the accessory to run until the items are queued up for a quick "load and go".  Things that use a vibrating table need a sensor to shut off instead of a timer.


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You might also try using the industry term "limit switch" to help you find what you need.

Interesting application.  If the task is to detect when an area has emptied, it seems the last cow to exit (or whatever) may not trigger a mechanical detector.  And Cherry switches can cost a pretty penny.

 

Just thinking out loud here but it seems another approach is to use optical detection to sense the presence or absence of physical objects in a defined area.  There's a reason so many consumer devices have eliminated the mechanical switch in favor of electronic sensing (thermal, optical, whatever) - paper towel dispensers, urinal flushers, etc.  Similar story to how the 153IR (solid-state, no-moving-parts optical detector) has supplanted the finicky 153C (mechanical switch) for block detection.

Cycles in the thousands each week for years? I like Cherry's.

The one you have looks like a real heavy duty industrial limit switch. Reminds me of Mac, or similar valve systems in its modular body design, and castings.  

 

Cant argue that opto circuits aren't in line cost wise now. And what they can do, is very useful in creating isolated circuits, and creating swappable "modules" and control methods. But learning to deal with a switch -vs- an opto unit, are two different levels of complexity, even if you already know them.

Choose your weapon, they both work.

I still like Kissing Im biased. Like a mechanic that doesn't like the new cars, and drives old stuff smiling.

 I see more bad opto supplies manufactured now too.

Bet I can check a switch, before you can check an opto pair out!  

Non of these are good enough reason to not at least think about it his way though.