Latching switch

{{Short description|Type of electrical switch}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} A '''latching switch''' is a 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 * 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>

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Category:Switches