Misplaced Pages

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Magnetic switch" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Magnetic switch is an electrical switch that makes or breaks contact in the presence of a magnetic field. Applications include situations where it is not desirable or possible for moving elements to make direct contact with the switch, such as in explosive environments, submerged in liquids, and where repetitive contact with a mechanical switch would result in undesired wear. Generally, the switch remains actuated as long as a sufficiently strong magnetic field is present, and opens when the field is removed.

See also

• Hall effect sensor
• Reed switch
• Relay

v t e Switch types
Analogue switch Banyan switch Battery isolator Cam switch Centrifugal switch Company switch Contact protection Crossbar switch Crossover switch Cryotron DIP switch Dry contact Electric switchboard Float switch Half-moon switch Humidistat Infinite switch Inertial switch Kill switch Key switch Knife switch Limit switch Latching switch Light switch Lightning switch Magnetic proximity fuze Magnetic starter Magnetic switch Mercury switch Miniature snap-action switch Motion-triggered contact insufficiency Optical switch Photoswitch Piezo switch Placebo button Pull switch Push switch Push-button Railroad switch Reed switch Rotary switch Sail switch Sea switch Sense switch Silicone rubber keypad Softswitch Spark gap Staircase timer Stepping switch Strowger switch Thermostat Time switch Touch switch Transfer switch Vacuum switch Vandal-resistant switch Wireless light switch Zero speed switch

This electronics-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Switches
• Electronics stubs