Vacuum switch
Prior to effective engine control unit computers, vacuum switches were employed to regulate the flow of engine vacuums in automobiles. For instance, a dual port vacuum switch located in a port on the intake manifold monitored the coolant temperature in the coolant crossover. It received vacuum (port E on the switch) from the carburetor. The vacuum flowed through the switch to a vacuum solenoid (such as a heat riser, used to restrict exhaust allowing the engine to heat up faster). When the coolant heated to operating temperature the vacuum switch closed off the port (port S on the vacuum switch) turning off the vacuum to the heat riser. The result is to clear the exhaust restriction. The switch monitored the temperature and when conditions were right it performed its designed function.
See also
- Automobile accessory power
- Manifold vacuum
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- Analogue switch
- Banyan switch
- Battery isolator
- Cam switch
- Centrifugal switch
- Company switch
- Contact protection
- Crossbar switch
- Crossover switch
- Cryotron
- DIP switch
- Dry contact
- Electric switchboard
- Float switch
- Half-moon switch
- Humidistat
- Infinite switch
- Inertial switch
- Kill switch
- Key switch
- Knife switch
- Limit switch
- Latching switch
- Light switch
- Lightning switch
- Magnetic proximity fuze
- Magnetic starter
- Magnetic switch
- Mercury switch
- Miniature snap-action switch
- Motion-triggered contact insufficiency
- Nintendo Switch
- Optical switch
- Photoswitch
- Piezo switch
- Placebo button
- Pull switch
- Push switch
- Push-button
- Railroad switch
- Reed switch
- Rotary switch
- Sail switch
- Sea switch
- Sense switch
- Silicone rubber keypad
- Softswitch
- Spark gap
- Staircase timer
- Stepping switch
- Strowger switch
- Thermostat
- Time switch
- Touch switch
- Transfer switch
- Vacuum switch
- Vandal-resistant switch
- Wireless light switch
- Zero speed switch
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