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Kill switch??

--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on, or better yet a source? --TIA,

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"Emergency stop" or "push lock, turn reset". There are also ones that need a key to reset, and other ones that you just pull to reset.

Where I work they're called "Mushrooms", I don't know if this is an accepted term in other industries. Heck, where I work "hit the mushroom" is a verb :-).

Omron etc makes them and Digikey Mouser etc. sell them for $30-$50.

Tim.

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Tim Shoppa

Klockner-Moeller (or just plain Moeller these days) do one, look for Emergency Stop switches in the catalogues.

Most of the regular control switch people do them as well.

Peter

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Peter A Forbes

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Peter

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Peter A Forbes

Small one:

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The big ones: Look at Digikey numbers Z1502 through Z1511, different styles with and without key release.

About $25 to a little over $40 IIRC.

Regards, Joerg

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Joerg

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I'm guessing that McMaster-Carr would have them.

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I went there, typed in kill switch into the search box, and bingo! I found them on the third page. Actually an "Emergency-Stop Switch with Safety Lockout".

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