On 26 Oct 2005 06:11:29 -0700, wrote:


Philippe Vessaire wrote:
Hello,
I kneed to use a cache MS25224 and a switche AN3021-2.

On ACS catalog, page 416, I read the ON position is UP.
Is it possible to use the switche upside down and mount the cache upside up?


No, or at least it depends on the circuit status is that you want when
the cover is closed.

Closing the MS25224 cover always forces the switch lever to the DOWN
position.

The AN3021-2 switch is ON when UP, and OFF when DOWN, so closing the
cover breaks the circuit. If you invert the switch, you then have OFF
when UP and ON when DOWN, so closing the cover completes the circuit.

If this is not what you want, use an AN3021-3 switch. This is a SPDT
switch that allows you to wire your circuit to either the UP end or the
DOWN end, thus you get a choice of which position is ON & which is OFF.

I prefer your solution, Daniel, but years ago I faced a similar problem and was
too cheap to buy a new switch (this was on a car). The cover has a small tab in
the hole for the switch that matches a slot on the barrel of the switch.
Cutting off the tab allows one to mount the cover in either orientation.

Ron Wanttaja