17 Facts About Toggle switch

In electrical engineering, a switch is an electrical component that can disconnect or connect the conducting path in an electrical circuit, interrupting the electric current or diverting it from one conductor to another.

The most common type of Toggle switch is an electromechanical device consisting of one or more sets of movable electrical contacts connected to external circuits.

An ideal Toggle switch would have no voltage drop when closed, and would have no limits on voltage or current rating.

The ideal Toggle switch is often used in circuit analysis as it greatly simplifies the system of equations to be solved, but this can lead to a less accurate solution.

For example, a "2-pole" Toggle switch has two separate, parallel sets of contacts that open and close in unison via the same mechanism.

However, when the Toggle switch is flicked, the resistance must pass through a state where a quarter of the load's rated power is briefly dropped in the Toggle switch.

The momentary push-button Toggle switch is a type of biased Toggle switch.

The most common type is a "push-to-make" Toggle switch, which makes contact when the button is pressed and breaks when the button is released.

An example of a push-to-break Toggle switch is a button used to release a door held closed by an electromagnet.

Rotary Toggle switch operates with a twisting motion of the operating handle with at least two positions.

The Toggle switch is layered to allow the use of multiple poles, each layer is equivalent to one pole.

Usually such a Toggle switch has a detent mechanism so it "clicks" from one active position to another rather than stalls in an intermediate position.

Toggle switch or tumbler switch is a class of electrical switches that are manually actuated by a mechanical lever, handle, or rocking mechanism.

Since the electrical contacts are exposed, the Toggle switch is used only where people cannot accidentally come in contact with the Toggle switch or where the voltage is so low as to not present a hazard.

Disadvantages of the knife Toggle switch are the slow opening speed and the proximity of the operator to exposed live parts.

FootToggle switch is a rugged Toggle switch which is operated by foot pressure.

Analogue Toggle switch uses two MOSFET transistors in a transmission gate arrangement as a Toggle switch that works much like a relay, with some advantages and several limitations compared to an electromechanical relay.