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2. Light switch - Wikipedia

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   Two light switches in one box. The switch on the right is a dimmer switch. The switch box is covered by a decorative plate. The first light switch employing "quick-break technology" was invented by John Henry Holmes in 1884 in the Shieldfield district of Newcastle upon Tyne. [1]

3. Switch - Wikipedia

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   Switches can be designed to respond to any type of mechanical stimulus: for example, vibration (the trembler switch), tilt, air pressure, fluid level (a float switch), the turning of a key , linear or rotary movement (a limit switch or microswitch), or presence of a magnetic field (the reed switch). Many switches are operated automatically by ...

4. Rocker switch - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 29 June 2005, at 00:30 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

5. Multiway switching - Wikipedia

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   These switches appear externally similar to single pole, single throw (SPST) switches, but have extra connections which allow a circuit to be controlled from multiple locations. Toggling the switch disconnects one "traveler" terminal and connects the other. Electrically, a typical "3-way" switch is a single pole, double throw (SPDT) switch. By ...

6. DIP switch - Wikipedia

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   DIP switches are still used in some remote controls to prevent interference; for example, to control a ceiling fan (and its light fixture) that was retrofitted to a single-circuit junction box. The DIP switches set a different radio frequency or address for each transmitter / receiver pair, so that multiple units can be installed without ...

7. Electronic component - Wikipedia

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   Switch – Manually operated switch Electrical description: SPST, SPDT, DPST, DPDT, NPNT (general) Technology: slide switches, toggle switches, rocker switches, rotary switches, pushbutton switches; Keypad – Array of pushbutton switches; DIP switch – Small array of switches for internal configuration settings; Footswitch – Foot-operated ...