Switches

Switches

Industry: Electronic components

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end of life criteria

Electronic components; Switches

Those specifications that a switch must meet at the end of its specified electrical life. Typically contact resistance and/or heat rise of contacts at full rated load at end of life.

environmental seal

Electronic components; Switches

A seal that totally encapsulates the switch providing a specified level of protection against intrusion of solids, liquids or gases into the body of the device.

fixed contact

Electronic components; Switches

The non-moving contact. Typically integral to the end of the terminal inside the switch body.

stationary contact

Electronic components; Switches

The non-moving contact. Typically integral to the end of the terminal inside the switch body.

flash plating

Electronic components; Switches

A very thin or "instant" plating (usually less than 0.25 microns in thickness).

flux

Electronic components; Switches

Chemical used for cleaning metal surfaces for welding. Fluxes turn contaminated metal surfaces into clean, solderable part.

gold flash

Electronic components; Switches

A plating of gold typically less than 10 micro-inches (milliononths) thick. Used only as a barrier to oxidation or corrosion of terminals to maintain solderability.