[sdiy] cure my ignorance..

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Well, this has certainly been educational.  A couple
of years ago I bought some switches that I *thought*
were on-off-on but they turned out to be on-off-(on).
however, it wasn't apparent in the catalog description.
I've made use of them, but it was annoying.

Good question.  I'm glad I read all of the posts on this
list.

harry <harrybissell at prodigy.net> wrote:
>The USA convention is
>(on) off (on) for a momentary
>(on) = momentary
>
>H^) harry
>
>Ken MacBeth wrote:
>
>> Rapid Electronics have two switches, ON OFF ON and
>> Centre OFF, ON OFF ON is sprung, Centre of is not...
>> I made the mistake of ordering a hundred of the sprung
>> type and had to return them! Be Careful!
>> http://www.macbethstudiosystems.com
>>
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