On 20 Jun 2003 at 22:38, Erik Sprenne wrote: > > A few yaers ago I represented a company that manufactured "Tilt > Switches". > > Basicly, it was a glass bulb with some mercury in it and 2 wires > > fused > Suggest that it would be good to use something besides mercury in such > a device, as mercury is a pretty nasty metal. It is persistent and I've seen tilt switches made with little metal balls instead of mercury. My watch has one in it (to turn on the night light when I tilt my wrist to look at it.) Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jun 22 2003 - 17:35:30 PDT
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