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Key switch for cockpit cab
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Flinkly:
wait, do you mean a key switch like as in a car ignition?  oh man, do i feel dumb.  i just figured you had a special name for one of those toggle switches that we all equate to missile fire buttons, with the little red guard on them.  it looks like the happs switch has a spring on it, so it would be just like a momentary switch.  you just turn it and then let go, like in a car.  ponyboy could probably get you a better price for that, but you'd be paying 60 bucks for the look.  but just to sumarize, if you hook everything up with a bits limited power strip and then use that as your computer start switch, everything would work like you want it to.  just don't hold the switch down too long.
flyguy1821:
Since I am still designing all of this it could be any type of key switch, momentary or not.  Here is another question that might be a little better.  In a momentary switch that is rated, lets say, 3A once it is closed and current is flowing through does it really matter the amperage of the switch since it is kind of bypassing the switch now?  My thought process tells me that with all I am trying to hook up to the switch if it is a general on/off 2 position switch it will have to be rated higher than the load.  I hope this is making sense and I am not making this too hard!!
Flinkly:
DON'T MAKE A HUGE CIRCUIT TO TURN EVERYTHING ON...

i hope i made that clear.
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