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dave.gribble(at)mchsi.com
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 11:55 am Post subject: questions about B&C toggle swtiches

Hello group - I have 2 questions about B&C toggle switches... they are at 

the show so I thought I'd post here...



1)  Anyone know what brand they are?  With all the recent discussion of 

switch failures I'd like to know if they are OK or not.  Of course my system 

will be failure tolerant so this isn't a safety question, more of a consumer 

question.



2)  Do the single pole and double pole switches physically look the same 

from the panel side?  Sometimes I've seem some that don't quite match 

(toggle shape, metal finish, etc.) and in that case I'd buy all double pole 

switches.



Thanks for any info, hope this post works (plain text via outlook express... 

fingers crossed).



dave

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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:25 pm Post subject: questions about B&C toggle swtiches

At 02:54 PM 8/1/2009, you wrote:

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<dave.gribble(at)mchsi.com>



Hello group - I have 2 questions about B&C toggle switches... they 

are at the show so I thought I'd post here...



1)  Anyone know what brand they are?  With all the recent discussion 

of switch failures I'd like to know if they are OK or not.  Of 

course my system will be failure tolerant so this isn't a safety 

question, more of a consumer question.


	


   They're Carling products. Direct descendants

   of the rocker switches (including the infamous

   split rocker master) used on Cessnas and others

   for decades. See:



http://www.aeroelectric.com/Mfgr_Data/Switches/Carling/

 	  Quote: 	
		  2)  Do the single pole and double pole switches physically look the 

same from the panel side?  Sometimes I've seem some that don't quite 

match (toggle shape, metal finish, etc.) and in that case I'd buy 

all double pole switches.


	


   The are identical.



 	  Quote: 	
		  Thanks for any info, hope this post works (plain text via outlook 

express... fingers crossed).


	


   Yup, that works.

        Bob . . .



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ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:51 pm Post subject: questions about B&C toggle swtiches

Dave Gribble wrote:

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 <dave.gribble(at)mchsi.com>



 Hello group - I have 2 questions about B&C toggle switches... they are 

 at the show so I thought I'd post here...



 1)  Anyone know what brand they are?  With all the recent discussion 

 of switch failures I'd like to know if they are OK or not.  Of course 

 my system will be failure tolerant so this isn't a safety question, 

 more of a consumer question.



 2)  Do the single pole and double pole switches physically look the 

 same from the panel side?  Sometimes I've seem some that don't quite 

 match (toggle shape, metal finish, etc.) and in that case I'd buy all 

 double pole switches.



 Thanks for any info, hope this post works (plain text via outlook 

 express... fingers crossed).



 dave


	


limited answer/thought set:



2)

Many panel designers now recommend using dissimilar switch handles for 

different jobs. Perfect rows of matching switches look nice on the 

flight line, but bouncing around in the air in the dark, being able to 

identify a switch by feel can be an asset.



outlook express: Try Thunderbird. Or just about anything other than 

outlook.... 



Charlie

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