# Latching switch

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{{Short description|Type of electrical switch}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
A '''latching switch''' is a [switch](/source/switch) that maintains its state after being activated.<ref name="El-Bawab 2008 p. 248" /> A push-to-make, push-to-break switch would therefore be a latching switch – each time you actuate it, whichever state the switch is left in will persist until the switch is actuated again.<ref name="Sinclair 2000 p. 258" />

== Gallery ==

<gallery class="center">
File:ABB E256-230.JPG|ABB E256 latching relay
File:Z-S230-SO.JPG|Moeller Z-S230 latching relay
File:Multiway switching.JPG|wiring diagram of latching switch
File:GE MEM relay.JPG|example of latching switch using GE PLS+ relay
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [Latching relay](/source/Latching_relay)
* [Toggle switch](/source/Toggle_switch)

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="El-Bawab 2008 p. 248">{{cite book
| last        = El-Bawab
| first       = T.S.
| title       = Optical Switching
| publisher   = Springer US
| year        = 2008
| isbn        = 978-0-387-29159-8
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=6f4c_IfbElMC&pg=PA248
| access-date = 13 September 2018
| page        = 248
}}</ref>
<ref name="Sinclair 2000 p. 258">{{cite book
| last        = Sinclair
| first       = I.
| title       = Sensors and Transducers
| publisher   = Elsevier Science
| year        = 2000
| isbn        = 978-0-08-051699-8
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=s_WIb91uKK8C&pg=PA258
| access-date = 13 September 2018
| page        = 258
}}</ref>

</references>

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Category:Switches

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