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FIIG:  A053A0

Entry Date:  Feb-20-1987

Concept:  

Status:  A

Applicability:  L

Type:  0

Definition:  A switch which is externally actuated by a device such as a key/cylinder lock to actuate a remote lever or rod rack to activate a remote switch. The actuation device may or may not be an integal part of the switch. The primary purpose of the switch is to open and close the ignition circuit of an internal combustion engine and actuate various accessories. Excludes: SWITCH, ENGINE STARTER, ELECTRICAL and SWITCH, LOCK.

Basic INC:  70248

Basic Name:  SWITCH

Description:  1. A device which completes, interrupts, or changes the connections in one or more electrical circuit(s) by electrical, electronic, manual or mechanical actuation, or as a result of changes in ambient temperature. It includes items consisting of individually separable switches which are physically interlocked (e.g., one button returns when the other is pushed), which have a common actuator, or are electrically connected. Excludes: items which perform the same function by self-produced thermal action, such as relays, circuit breakers, fuses, or motor starters.