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ODDshoppe

Apr 16, 2015
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...do they use in toys like this? It's looks like 2 metal contacts you touch with your finger and the leds light up.
I'm sure it is some low voltage trip relay type thing but I don't know what to call it as I am trying to locate the individual switch body as a component ready to be installed with 2 leads. For sale.. if I have to I will just cannibalize done of these toys but I would like to find a source with these for sale.
 

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It's most likely a small electronic circuit and it would almost certainly require 3 wires. (2 for power and 1 for the load)
 

Canobi

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Could be just a simple short to close the circuit being a bath toy. My daughter has a similar thing in her mermaid, just touching the contacts does nothing unless my finger is wet.
 

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Touch_sensor_schematic.jpg

It's not really a switch, it's a Touch sensor.
 
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