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SH Series Key Switches from CIT

By Design World Staff | July 18, 2008



Minneapolis, Minnesota ‚– CIT Relay & Switch SH Series is a high quality, versatile switch offering a variety of non-illuminated and illuminated package styles to fit nearly any design requirement. This ‚“next generation‚” utility switch features non-illuminated, single and bi-colored LED options with a wide variety of cap and actuator options. Pre-engraved off the shelf process symbols including lighted ‚“on/off‚” and arrow directional symbols are included in the over 25 different cap and actuator options. A 3.3mm square post for custom actuator designs is also available. A 12mm flat actuator combined with a short 0.5mm travel is ideal for use under laminated panel. The SH Series offers design engineers hundreds of options to fulfill their design needs.

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Specifications: Tested electrical life of the SH Series is 100k cycles with electrical rating of 50mA @ 35VDC. The dielectric strength of the SH Series is 500Vrms minimum with insulation resistance of >100MW minimum. Actuation force is 130 ‚± 50gF with travel of 0.5mm ‚± 0.1mm. Operating and storage temperature is -40‚°C to 85‚°C.


Materials: Cover is Poly Carbonate with the base of Valox. Contacts and terminals are silver-plated copper alloy.


The SH Series switch applications include a variety of digital applications as an input, reset and on/off switch in audio products, electronic games, appliance, instrumentation, video and numerous other applications requiring subminiature switching. Volume pricing ranges from $0.20 dependent upon options. CIT Relay & Switch lead-time is 4 to 6 weeks.

www.citswitch.com

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