Kill switch??

[steamer]

--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill
switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction
unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on,
or better yet a source?
--TIA,

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[Tim Shoppa]

Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on?

"Emergency stop" or "push lock, turn reset". There are also ones that
need a key to reset, and other ones that you just pull to reset.

Where I work they're called "Mushrooms", I don't know if this is an
accepted term in other industries. Heck, where I work "hit the
mushroom" is a verb .

Omron etc makes them and Digikey Mouser etc. sell them for $30-$50.

Tim.

 

[Peter A Forbes]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:45:41 GMT, steamer <steamer@sonic.net> wrote:

--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill
switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction
unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on,
or better yet a source?
--TIA,

Klockner-Moeller (or just plain Moeller these days) do one, look for Emergency
Stop switches in the catalogues.

Most of the regular control switch people do them as well.

Peter

 

[Peter A Forbes]

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 18:30:35 +0000 (UTC), Peter A Forbes <diesel@easynet.co.uk>
wrote:

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:45:41 GMT, steamer <steamer@sonic.net> wrote:

--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill
switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction
unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on,
or better yet a source?
--TIA,

Klockner-Moeller (or just plain Moeller these days) do one, look for Emergency
Stop switches in the catalogues.

Most of the regular control switch people do them as well.

http://www.moeller.net/en/industry/switchgear/command/control_circuit_devices/stop_buttons.jsp

Peter

 

[Joerg]

--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill
switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction
unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search on,
or better yet a source?
--TIA,

Small one:
http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Omron%20Web%20Data/A165E.pdf

The big ones: Look at Digikey numbers Z1502 through Z1511, different
styles with and without key release.

About $25 to a little over $40 IIRC.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

"steamer" <steamer@sonic.net> wrote in message
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--Looking for a source for one of those big red mushroom kill
switches, the kind that lock when smacked. A twist in one direction
unlocks the switch. Does anyone have a proper name for these to search
on,
or better yet a source?

I'm guessing that McMaster-Carr would have them. www.mcmaster.com.
I went there, typed in kill switch into the search box, and bingo! I
found them on the third page. Actually an "Emergency-Stop Switch with
Safety Lockout".

--TIA,

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