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Different types of electrical switches

Hi, I didnt know where else to post this but I need to know where you can buy cheap electrical switches for home projects. The type of switches I'm looking for are the ones used in audio mixers which when you press them once latch on and when you press them again, they latch off. I've only been able to find ones which are really quite expensive (£1 each) and this type of price is not practical for my scale of project.

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Adamport

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adamport

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Is there a technical name for the swtiches which latch on when pushed and latch off when pushed again?

jwphillips80

Push button switches

lherrou

Latching push button switches (Push to make = push to make contact = push for ON)

keneso

Here you see the push button, the one with the red ... button!
http://www.action-electronics.com/switches.htm

adamport

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The switches you have given have all been really big - I wanted more small switches like what are used for the solo buttons on sound mixers.

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adamport

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well i know what you mean but it gets a bit expensive if I have to buy over 100 of them!!!! so price really does matter.

keneso

If you click on the link you'll see all kind of push buttons

http://www.action-electronics.com/switches.htm#Push

Anyway dhsindy is right £1.0 is a good deal, specially considering you already have seen it, and is what you are looking for.

keneso

Cross posted ;)

Then tell them to give you a deal on quantity, most suppliers would.
I'd say you can save to 20-30%

jwphillips80

Contact the manufacturer of the switch you already found and ask if there is a bulk discount for purchasing over 100.

dann47

Try RS components

http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/home.do?cacheID=ukie

Or farnell elecronics

http://www.farnell.com/

these already provide discounts on bulk purchases. ranging from 10+ to 1000+

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MrBillisMe

Here's an outfit that carries an endless supply of electronic items.

http://www.mouser.com

Here's one switch link:

http://www.mouser.com/?Ne=300&handler=data.listcategory&Ntt=*switches*&terms=switches&crc=true&N=390&Ns=SField