Electrical Switches
Welcome to ElectricalSwitches.com.au, your resource to find all the information you need about electrical switches. Electrical switches, manually operated electromechanical devices, come in many shapes and sizes, varying from country to country and appliance to appliance.
An electrical switch is basically two pieces of metal called 'contacts', which touch to make a circuit and separate to break the circuit. Simply, an electrical switch interrupts the current, the flow of electrons in a circuit, by diverting it from one conductor to another.
There are three types of electrical switches - the hand switch, the limit switch and the process switch. A hand switch is any switch than can be operated by a person. A limit switch can only be actuated by machine motion while a process switch is one that is operated by changes in a physical process, such as temperature or flow.
You can find many varieties of electrical hand switches. One notable one is the toggle switch, which is commonly known as a household light switch. There's also the pushbutton switch. This electrical switch has an easy push-pull action and is actuated by a button that is pressed and released. The electrical switch known as a selector switch is actuated with a rotary knob or a type of lever. There is also the limit switch referred to as the joystick switch. It is actuated by a lever to move in one or many directions.
A common process switch is a liquid switch that operates through a floating object that is used to actuate an electrical switch mechanism when the tank's liquid level rises past a certain point. If you need aid or advice with any of your electrical switches an electrician is the best person to hire. For more information and advice about electrical switches you can use our search directory.