limit switches

[planescott]

I am going to be using geckos 202s on my router and was wondering if you can use any type of normally open switches (cheap) for limit switches.

Scott

[eman5oh]

A better practice is to use normally close switches, so that if something comes unhooked you will know it right away instead of after a crash where a limit switch did not work because the wire was broken.

[unterhaus]

you could use the cheap limit switches so that they are normally in contact with the machine when in limits, and fall off the end when the machine is out of limits.

[ger21]

Originally Posted by planescott I am going to be using geckos 202s on my router and was wondering if you can use any type of normally open switches (cheap) for limit switches. Scott

The Geckos have nothing to do with your choice of limit switches, or how they are wired.

[pminmo]

This is about as cheap as I have found: either of these http://www.futurlec.com/SwMicro.shtml Looks like they can be wired normally open or closed. $3 shipping under $29, downside takes a couple of weeks.

[planescott]

Thanks Phil, Thats all I was wondering is if you could use a regular switch for a limit switch. I did a search for limit switches and all I could find were very costly and did not want to spend 500 on these.

Thanks Scott