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FIIG:  A562Z0

Entry Date:  Jan-24-1986

Concept:  1

Status:  A

Applicability:  

Type:  0

Definition:  A switch designed to perform the function of opening and/or closing of one or more electrical circuits. In lieu of separable contacts, the switching function is accomplished by means of an arrangement of semiconductors and passive circuit devices. The item functions in response to electrical changes in its own internal circuit caused by the approach of permanent magnets, metals, capacitance or inductance. The form of the item and kind of actuation (push, toggle and rotary action) may be identical to that of switches having separable contacts.

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.