150 Switches
Published October 11, 2018
I got lots of wonderful little gifties for my recent birthday, but one of the most out-there was a bag of 150 Assorted Rocker Slide and Toggle switches from Jameco. It's literally a 2 pound scoop of switches in a plastic bag, sealed and mailed. Thanks Mom and Dad!
I spent a good 10 minutes sorting it out - here's all that squinched into 45 seconds:
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So, what do you get in a two pound sack of switches? Well, after another hour or so of cataloging, here's the results:
(It's exactly 150 switches! Well I'll be...)
| Quantity | Genus | Action | Poles | Description |
| 11 | Rocker | ON-OFF-ON | 1 | Large Black |
| 15 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 1 | Large Black |
| 3 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 2 | Large Tan Power |
| 9 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 1 | Medium Black |
| 3 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 1 | Round Black |
| 2 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 2 | Round Black |
| 11 | Rocker | (ON)-OFF-(ON) | 1 | Medium Red |
| 4 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 2 | Large Black Illuminated |
| 4 | Rocker | ON-ON | 3 | Medium Red |
| 11 | Rocker | ON-ON | 1 | Panel-mount Red |
| 2 | Rocker | ON-ON | 1 | Right-angle mount |
| 2 | Rocker | ON-ON | 2 | Right Angle mount red |
| 1 | Rocker | ON-OFF-ON | 1 | Medium Blue |
| 1 | Rocker | ON-OFF | 1 | Small Black |
| 2 | Rocker | ON-OFF-ON | 1 | Large Red/Green Illuminated |
| 8 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 1 | Right angle plunger |
| 11 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 2 | Spring-loaded plunger |
| 5 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 2 | Small red/white plunger |
| 2 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 2 | Small black plunger |
| 2 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 2 | Small blue plunger |
| 2 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 2 | Tiny pushbutton |
| 2 | Pushbutton | ON-(ON) | 1 | Panel mount square illuminated |
| 2 | Pushbutton | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Grey rectangle illuminated |
| 3 | Slide | ON-ON | 2 | 115-230V Selector Switch |
| 5 | Slide | ON-ON | 2 | 250V-rated slide switch |
| 2 | Slide | ON-ON-ON | 2 | Small silver 3 position |
| 4 | Slide | ON-ON | 1 | Tiny slide switch |
| 1 | Slide | ON-ON | 2 | Square blue slide switch |
| 4 | Dipswitch | OFF-ON | 2-Lever Red Dipswitch |
| 1 | Dipswitch | OFF-ON | 4-Lever Dipswitch |
| 1 | Dipswitch | OFF-ON | 5 Lever Dipswitch |
| 1 | Microswitch | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Microswitch w/ 4" tails |
| 2 | Microswitch | ON-(ON) | 1 | Black microswitch with trigger |
| 4 | Pushbutton | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Blue breakboard pushbutton |
| 4 | Pushbutton | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Illuminated breadboard pushbutton |
| 2 | Pushbutton | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Misc tiny pushbutton |
| 1 | Keyboard Switch | OFF-(ON) | 1 | Large grey keyboard switch |
| (5) | Cap | Round black button cap |
| 150 | TOTAL |