Looking for a black anodized 230V on/off vandal switch?

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gumleguf

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Hi,

Looking for a non-illuminated black anodized vandal on/off switch (22mm or so) for 230V. I only seem to be able to find them illuminated and as momentary when in black.

Suggestions are highly appreciated. 🙂

Cheers,

Greg
 
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Vandal refers to the construction of the switch. They're for harsh environments or public places like kiosks etc. These switches are usually water-resistant, sealed, with high contact life etc.

Latching/Momentary refers to the switching function.
A momentary switch only "works" (i.e. closes NO contacts, opens NC contacts) only while pressed. If you lift your finger it reverts to its original state.
(Think of a car's horn. You have to keep pressure on it to make a sound.)

A latching switch needs to be pressed to change states.
Think of a lights switch. We press it once and the lights will stay on until we press it again - then the lights will go off. If it was momentary you'd have to keep pressing on the switch to have light.

ITW has a nice range of switches but datasheets say most of them are momentary.
The "on/off" in the description of this specific switch is confusing because it insinuates a latching switch while the datasheet mentions "momentary range". If it is indeed monentary the description should say "(on)/off" or "on/(off)".
 
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Hi Richard,

Thanks for your suggestion, but had my eyes set on an aluminum one. My chassis will be a 2U Slim Line model from modushop.biz with a 10mm front, and I don't think a plastic button will look too good in my opinion.

Thanks again. 🙂

/Greg
 
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Langir Electric Co.,Ltd. | SunShine Electric. Co.,Ltd.

The only source I know of.
They appear to be a big OEM and they can make any kind of switch (vandal or otherwise) just as long as it's in significant quantities.
Having received a sample from them (they charge a lot for shipping, mind you), I wouldn't be surprised if this is the place where Bulgin etc have their switches made.

Sadly, they'd bother dealing with DIY'ers only in the case of a Group Buy.
 
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Spiny said:
I think from the spec pdf on Farnell (CPC is part of farnell) this is a momentary switch - the description on CPC is ambiguous PDF for Switch

Searching farnell for "Vandal Switch" give 230 Vandal resistant switches and only 1 black one 🙁

this appears to be an on/off switch Farnell 7674228 ? but its not black...
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I thought it was clear as day - MOMENTARY.

Are you after the switch for appearance or in an anti vandal environment ?
 

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Appearances, definetely. Would use it on a black anodized 10mm alumin front, so I want something that looks goods and is good quality. There are many nice ring illuminated momentary ones but (obviously) none of them are for 250V.

So I was searcing for a regular black anodized vandal 250V on/off switch instead, but I guess they are not so easy to find. I haven't been able to find one.
 
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KatieandDad said:
I thought it was clear as day - MOMENTARY.
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In the PDF on Farnell is the real description, the CPC description (and the farnell one - its the same) - is ambiguous, the only clue is Off-On

This looks like becoming a diy job, a latching mains switch like this Switch and using the housing/button of a vandal switch to provide the mechanical part. 😉 At least that is way I would go for a one off if an actual part is not available.
 
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Spiny said:
In the PDF on Farnell is the real description, the CPC description (and the farnell one - its the same) - is ambiguous, the only clue is Off-On

This looks like becoming a diy job, a latching mains switch like this Switch and using the housing/button of a vandal switch to provide the mechanical part. 😉 At least that is way I would go for a one off if an actual part is not available.
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In Post ~15 I have copied the exact PDF file that was originally posted.

It clearly states MOMENTARY.
 
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my original post to CPC (#3) was the problem - that is the ambiguous description, later I found the PDF on farnell which cleared it up. Would be nice CPC actually described the switch as latching or momentary.

However Farnell do have a few latching Vandal switches but no black ones 🙁 the OP is I feel going to have to make one or use something else.
I like the set reset idea, A real switch on the back and it would all look great
 
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