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posted 10-31-2010 05:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for spaced out   Click Here to Email spaced out     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Can anyone tell me anything more about these two toggle switches one from Texas Instruments and the other manufactured by "CH"?

I don't know for sure if they're aerospace hardware but I suspect they'd look out of place on the dashboard of a Ford Pinto.

High-res closeup photos are available on a dedicated webpage here.

space1
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posted 10-31-2010 05:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for space1   Click Here to Email space1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The switch at the left is a nice flight-rated Apollo Command Module lever-lock switch. (Upon closer look, the terminals differ slightly from a flight-rated switch, but where it counts it looks like a flight switch.)

The second switch is the type of lever-lock switch used in Space Shuttle simulators, or applications where an environmentally sealed switch is needed. "CH" is Cutler-Hammer, now Eaton.

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posted 10-31-2010 08:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceAholic   Click Here to Email SpaceAholic     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by space1:
The switch at the left is a nice flight-rated Apollo Command Module lever-lock switch.
What criteria is being applying when evaluating as "flight rated"? - beyond the differences pointed out in the terminals there are not correct contract number or inspection/acceptance stamps on this example...

space1
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posted 10-31-2010 11:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for space1   Click Here to Email space1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I meant the design and materials of the handle and housing appear identical to flight units, including the lever seal. You are right though, as a unit it has not actually been approved as acceptable for flight.

BrianB
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posted 10-31-2010 04:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BrianB   Click Here to Email BrianB     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The CH is Cutler Hammer.

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