Re: Rotary Stepping Relays

From: Peter A Forbes (diesel_at_easynet.co.uk)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:15:15 +0000 (UTC)

On 19 Aug 2004 17:00:17 GMT, dbowey@aol.com (Dbowey) wrote:

>John posted:
><< Does anyone know of a source for rotary stepping relays? AKA Step relays,
>sequencing relays, Strowger relays. I need several that have at least two
>poles, and 10 positions. Yea, I know I could accomplish the same thing fairly
>simply with electronics, but this is an "art project",
>and the coolness is the sound and action of the old relays.
>
>I searched the web ad-nausium with no luck.
>>>
>
>Did you google for "sxs switch?" That's step-by-step. I got over 3k hits.
>
>Don

Used to be a thing called a 'Ledex' rotary switch over here that used standard
Yaxley wafer switch parts, very small and quite popular.

The uniselector switches are probably long gone by now, most of the old Strowger
exchanges went back in the 1970's and 80's, STC and Plessey made them in the UK
and exported them all over the British Commonwealth.

Peter
  

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