Latching switch
A latching switch is a switch that maintains its state after being activated.[1] A push-to-make, push-to-break switch would therefore be a latching switch – each time you actuate it, whichever state the switch is left in will persist until the switch is actuated again.[2]
Gallery
- ABB E256 latching relay
- Moeller Z-S230 latching relay
- wiring diagram of latching switch
- example of latching switch using GE PLS+ relay
See also
- Latching relay
- Toggle switch
References
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Switch types
- Analogue switch
- Banyan switch
- Battery isolator
- Cam switch
- Centrifugal switch
- Company switch
- Contact protection
- Crossbar switch
- Crossover switch
- Cryotron
- DIP switch
- Dry contact
- Electric switchboard
- Float switch
- Half-moon switch
- Humidistat
- Infinite switch
- Inertial switch
- Kill switch
- Key switch
- Knife switch
- Limit switch
- Latching switch
- Light switch
- Lightning switch
- Magnetic proximity fuze
- Magnetic starter
- Magnetic switch
- Mercury switch
- Miniature snap-action switch
- Motion-triggered contact insufficiency
- Nintendo Switch
- Optical switch
- Photoswitch
- Piezo switch
- Placebo button
- Pull switch
- Push switch
- Push-button
- Railroad switch
- Reed switch
- Rotary switch
- Sail switch
- Sea switch
- Sense switch
- Silicone rubber keypad
- Softswitch
- Spark gap
- Staircase timer
- Stepping switch
- Strowger switch
- Thermostat
- Time switch
- Touch switch
- Transfer switch
- Vacuum switch
- Vandal-resistant switch
- Wireless light switch
- Zero speed switch
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