How to wire a micro switch?

Generally, the micro switch will be used to control the electrical system. And the article is suitable for anyone who is not very experienced with electronics and wants to know how to wire a micro switch. Like the household appliances repairing, company buyer, physical test and so on.

Firstly, wiring a microswtich need to understand its circuit diagram. Generally, the micro switch manufacturer will give you a drawing or datasheet for your reference.
If not, we also can recognize it from a switch appearance. But before that, you need to understand what the COM, NO, NC terminal is. For example, you can know from the illustration to see what they are.

How do you wire a micro switch

You may have a question like that. Usually, the miroswitch has single pole and 2 pole but the 1 pole type is more conventional. Meanwhile, we will hear the “DPDT, DPST, SPDT, SPST” from supplier.
The ways of wiring has soldering, quick connect, screw. For example, the microwave oven will use the soldering way or quick connector but the electric water faucet will use the screw to fit it.
So, the different product has different wiring methods. In fact, that is depended on the switch terminal type and engineer design.

Soldering a Microswitch with Wire

As I said, everythy microswitch has a solder heat resistance value so that it will require the soldering temperature & immersing time to avoid switch damaged. For example, by dip soldering it can not be pressed over 5S in 260℃. But if by the Manual Soldering, it should be in 3 to 4s.

Wiring a micro limit switch by Connector

This is way we talk about the quickly conncet connection. Compared with the soldering, this is the way will more gentle, the details you need to confirm is only about if the connector can fit the terminal or not.

How to wire a micro switch tap

Normally, the micro switch tap wire with cable will connect with the terminal to fit by the screw. So, there has the hole on the terminal. In this way, it will be stable and not effect the switch that the heat melt the switch cover but will take more much in wiring.

Conclusion

All in all, the way how to wire a micro switch is very easy if you can understand the microswitch current, if you don’t know how to do it, welcome to contact us to get more information.

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For more information about wiring a micro switch, you also can see the video created by @Martin England