{"id":173,"date":"2008-12-19T12:44:40","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T16:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2009-02-21T21:39:29","modified_gmt":"2009-02-22T01:39:29","slug":"five-easy-steps-to-selecting-the-right-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/five-easy-steps-to-selecting-the-right-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Easy Steps to Selecting the Right Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/Switches.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/sw007.jpg\" title=\"Switch\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Although it is often one of the last components considered, selecting the correct switch is important when designing electronic equipment. Designers must be aware of the various options available in order to choose the most appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/Switches.html\">switch<\/a> for any given application.<br \/>\nThe procedure of selecting the correct switch can be summarized this way:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\">The requirements of the end user should be given consideration first<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\">The engineering aspects like load, contact materials, terminal type, voltage, circuit type, mounting etc should be studied<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\">Next the type of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/ToggleSwitches.html\">actuator<\/a> should be decided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\">Standards like <a href=\"http:\/\/ezinearticles.com\/?What-is-RoHS?-How-Will-it-Affect-Me?&amp;id=1506830\">RoHS<\/a> and similar government regulations must be complied with as well<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial;\">Lastly, the switch chosen should be able to stand up to the rigors of the application. Environmental factors must be considered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When choosing a switch, you can ensure that the most appropriate switch is selected for the job if you take these factors into consideration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it is often one of the last components considered, selecting the correct switch is important when designing electronic equipment. Designers must be aware of the various options available in order to choose the most appropriate switch for any given application. The procedure of selecting the correct switch can be summarized this way: The requirements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[57,55,56],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-switches","tag-rotary-switches","tag-switch","tag-toggle-switches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westfloridacomponents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}