TOGGLE

SWITCH

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 TOGGLE SWITCH

• Toggle switch is a type of electrical switch that is identified by the

presence of handle or lever that makes it possible to control the flow
of electric current/signal from a power supply to a device or within a
device.
• It is a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions. ON or
OFF. It is used to switch between two conditions in a circuit.
• Now a days in home applications like for switching lights/fans Rocker Switches
are used instead of Toggle Switch.
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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
 FUNCTION

• Toggle switches may vary a bit in function from one to the

next depending upon their configurations. However, the
basics are the same.
• When the actuator—the toggle itself—is moved, the
armature in the switch moves the moveable contact into
position either energizing the circuit or de-energizing it.
 USES

• Toggle switches are used in so many different applications that it is impossible to list
them all.
• The most commonly seen application for toggle switches is in the role of a light switch.
These can be designed so that they simply turn a circuit on or off or can be designed
so that they allow a light to be controlled by a combination of two switches. Using
what is called a traveller wire, these toggle switches can turn a light on or off regardless
of the position of the other switch on the circuit.
They are available in SPST, SPDT, DPST, DPDT contacts terminology.