Toggle switch

[Julia]

Hello everyone. I am translating a catalog about electric pieces. Up to now I had translated "lever switch" as "interruptor de palanca", but now "toggle switch appears" and apparently the translation is the same, so I wonder if there is a word to differentiate them in Spanish.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Rocko!]

El lever podría ser un interruptor de deslizamiento (podría = quizá), y el toggle parece muy probable que sea un interruptor de palanca.
Espera a que te den otras opiniones.
Saludos.

 

[Julia]

Muchas gracias, Rocko

 

[Masood]

Hello everyone. I am translating a catalog about electric pieces. Up to now I had translated "lever switch" as "interruptor de palanca", but now "toggle switch appears" and apparently the translation is the same, so I wonder if there is a word to differentiate them in Spanish.
Thanks in advance!

Have you got any pictures of these items?
Can you post them on here?

 

[Benzene]

I suggest: 'toggle switch' = 'interruptor basculante' = 'conmutador de palanca.'

Bye,
Benzene

 

[joseluisblanco]

tal vez solo sea mí ignorancia, pero creo que toggle switch refiere a la función eléctrica, no a la forma mecánica.
Si estoy en lo cierto, un toggle switch sería un conmutador o inversor, de 1 o 2 polos.
Por favor, aclaro que no estoy del todo seguro con la traducción.

 

[pops91710]

A toggle switch is simply a switch with a lever that flips up or down (on or off) and it makes no difference if it is the kind found in your home in a wall that switches off a light, or the kind with tapered metal levers seen in cockpits, dashboards or power tools and appliances. A interruptor de deslizamiento has no lever but has a slide button instead. Below are examples of toggle switches

 

[pops91710]

Si estoy en lo cierto, un toggle switch sería un conmutador o inversor, de 1 o 2 polos

No.

 

[User With No Name]

the kind found in your home in a wall that switches off a light

Would we really call the ordinary, garden variety U.S.-style light switch a "toggle switch"? I guess it fits the definition, but when I hear "toggle switch," I think of the tapered metal thing in the second image.

 

[pops91710]

Would we really call the ordinary, garden variety U.S.-style light switch a "toggle switch"? I guess it fits the definition, but when I hear "toggle switch," I think of the tapered metal thing in the second image.

It is called a toggle switch by Home Depot Lowe's, et al and by the manufacturers themselves.

but when I hear "toggle switch," I think of the tapered metal thing in the second image.

Yes, most people would as I once did until I began to do extensive electrical work for 30 years as a maintenance engineer for our warehouses, installing electrical equipment, building offices, lighting systems, etc.

 

[User With No Name]

Yes, most people would as I once did until I began to do extensive electrical work for 30 years as a maintenance engineer for our warehouses, installing electrical equipment, building offices, lighting systems, etc.

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[pops91710]

This is a sliding switch un interruptor de deslizamiento

 

[rodelu2]

En Uruguay es "interruptor de palanquita".

 

[pops91710]

En Uruguay es "interruptor de palanquita".