Re: 120V limit switches

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's one for under 10 bucks that I found by entering "closet light"
into Yahoo's search feature: http://www.smarthome.com/5188a.html


From:Philip Lewis
flip+spiced_ham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> So, for over 20 years, there has been a 120V limit switch in the
> basement of my grandparents house that turns on a light when the door
> to that small room is opened.
>
> This switch is a plunger with a spring. the plunger is about 1-2cm in
> diameter and has a throw length of about 5cm. the light is on when the
> plunger is not pressed in.
>
> I've looked for similar switches and they all seem to be horribly
> overpriced. Most of the 120V switches i see are between $50 and $75.
> I've seen a few on ebay for $25ish. toggle switches can be had <$1.
> It would seem to me that something like this shouldn't cost more than
> $10. I can only assume that i'm looking in the wrong places or
> searching the terms.
>
> The switch doesn't have to have all the same characteristics. In fact,
> smaller/less throw would be better. (something i could mount into the
> doorframe perhaps.)
>
> Is this such a low demand item that it isn't worth manufacturing large
> scale?
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> --
> May no harm befall you,
> flip
> Ich habe keine Ahnung was das bedeutet, oder vielleicht doch?
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