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by deejayw
Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: If 2 Switches are Arranged Together are They Ganged Together?
Replies: 3
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Re: If 2 Switches are Arranged Together are They Ganged Together?

These sometimes inexplicable changes of definition make concise explanations more complicated than desirable ! It is odd that with an electronics background starting from DC theory up, I consider myself 'electrically skilled' but since I have little or no knowledge of 'the regs', I cannot describe m...
by deejayw
Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:28 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: If 2 Switches are Arranged Together are They Ganged Together?
Replies: 3
Views: 2520

If 2 Switches are Arranged Together are They Ganged Together?

Dim memories of my training in the 70's suggests to me that if 2+ switches were mechanically arranged to be operated simultaneously, they were said to be 'ganged' together. A switching device with only one operating 'handle' which internally operated 2 poles could therefore be described as 2 gang (3...
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