Re: I Need A Switch

From: John Fields (jfields_at_austininstruments.com)
Date: 07/17/04


Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 05:45:49 -0500

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:40:01 -0700, "Ron Hubbard"
<hubbard-ron@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:vujgf0tog71idrrsdheqe11lqsqsqpn6ah@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:32:05 -0700, "Ron Hubbard"
>> <hubbard-ron@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Does anyone know of a source for simple reed switches? Not the
>kind
>> >used in burglar alarm systems, but just the reed switches
>> >themselves.
>>
>> ---
>> What do you think the difference is between the reed switches used
>in
>> burglar alarm systems and "just the reed switches themselves"?
>
>FYI, back in the day, they used to sell reed switches that weren't
>encased in plastic and had to be gutted out some gizmo to use them.

---
FYI, nowadays "they" still do. 
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=reed+switch
will get you almost 400,000 hits.
Then, of course, there's Digi-Key, Mouser, Allied, Newark/Farnell,
Arrow...
-- 
John Fields


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