[sdiy] are Mouser toggle switches really that good?!

[Bob K]

Thanks everyone!  Every little bit helps.

So many notes.  So many notes.

Time to buy a case of spiral binders and take advantage of my office's printer.

-Bob

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:19 AM, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
>
> On 29 Feb 2012, at 04:29, Mike Beauchamp wrote:
>
>> generally I compare the datasheets to see if either give any "expected
>> life" figures (how many times it can be toggled before it dies).
>
> I agree with Mike. Figures for switches vary widely from 10,000 cycles to 10,000,000 or more.
> 10,000 cycles is once a day for 30 years, which doesn't sound too bad, but if you switch it 30 times a day, you're down to a year, which sounds hopeless.
>
> One example is the Lorlin CK series rotary switches, sometimes used for waveform selection. These say ">10,000 cycles" which is the same as saying "about 10,500 cycles" and which explains why they go funny after a while.
>
> Aim for a million cycles if you can.
>
> T.
>
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