Containing an infrared LED and photo transmitter, the DS Series tilt-sensor switch uses photo-interrupter contacts rather than standard contacts to offer greater reliability compared with traditional ...

Scottsdale, Ariz. — NKK Switches offers a new combination tilt/sensor switch that is designed to replace mercury and pendulum switches. The DS series of through-hole, PC-board mounted devices is said ...

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The RM Series roller ball tilt sensor switches, that contain no mercury, and their sense tilt angles and vibration sensors use gold-plated contact balls. They are available in two models, one with a ...

The switch is mercury-free and features a sealed body construction for high-contact reliability. The single-pole, single-throw maintained circuit's operating range is On Angle = 10 to 170° and Off ...

I was puzzling over tilt switches, which, in these mercury-free days, tend to be a ball bearing in a metal tube with a contact at one end. Tilting the tube lets the ball bearing roll down and short ...