Source for Switches

Rich Webb wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Thanks, but I've been to all of those (excdept bg) but I can't interpret the information to translate to the my needs. In short, under what name should I be searching?

e.g

Digikey's catalog has no "rheostat category". There are Rheostat resistors. Wirewound rhoestat resistors. Digital rheostat potentiometers.

I've got to believe with all the parts Digikey has they have what I need....but where?

Jasen Betts wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.compass.net.nz:

I think plastic rockers would be more appropriate in my application. I'm afraid dials would take up too much space. The reason for desiring a slider is that one could instantly look at it and see the position.

Do you know what a rheostat slider would be called in these catalogs?

Hard to tell. A limitation of the medium, I'm afraid, trying to interpret what you have visualized.

Try Digikey or one of the other large sites to get an idea of what manufacturers have product lines that hit somewhere near what you're trying to find. Then hop over to the manufacturer's web site. They often do a better job of presenting the product line than do the general retailers who, if they don't include the kitchen sink, do at least have washers. [ducks head, runs for cover]

do you want chromed toggle switches, or small plastic rocker switches. (I have two modems with different switch styles)

you'll probably pay around a buck each either way, maybe a little less on the rockers.

sliders are harder (harder to mount for a start, OTOH if rotary is OK chromed knobs are easily had.

BTW

for your plugs, you could use a "banana" plug/souket for the ground and the mini-din discussed earlier carry the power into each lighting circuit

the two side-by-side woulde be under your 1" limit or you could put them different pillars.

Bye. Jasen

probably "slide potentiometer"

I mainly use a paper catalogue and it doesn't have any.

last time I asked at a hobbyiist electronics store they said they didn't stock any as there were too many variations (length, mounting style....)

Bye. Jasen