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From: ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Latching Relay - does such a thing exist
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Date: 21 Sep 89 14:56:13 GMT
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>I have an application where I need to activate a SPDT set of contacts
>such that the toggle action does not release after the coil voltage is removed.
>Curtis C. Generous

If you want to do this on the cheap, try to get hold of an old VW headlight
relay. These things were used to toggle the high-low headlight beam from an
SPST switch. The drawback is that the contacts are SPST, too. You might have
to use a second relay (your choice of contact types).

Try a wrecking yard first.


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