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Two different series are available, FD series and P series.

FD series:

  • Thermal intensity (Ith) = 25 A.
  • Manufactured on injected aluminium and collision proof thermoplastic.
  • Mechanical endurance: 1 million operations
  • Manufactured according to standards EN 60 204, EN 60 947 and VDE 0113
  • Protection IP-65
P series:
  • Manufactured on injected aluminium
  • Mechanical endurance: 1 million operations
  • Manufactured on two nominal intensities, 16 (Ith=25) and 25 (Ith=32), but the MP switch whose nominal and thermal intensity is 10 A.
  • Protection IP-54, but MP switch which is IP-52

On both series two different kind of switches can be found, IMPULSION and STEP BY STEP:

  • STEP BY STEP: when pushing the pedal, the switch change its state and stands by. Next time it will be pushed the switch will change again and so on.
  • IMPULSION: The pedal has two states, stand-by and activated. Whe pushing it the pedal (and therefore the switch) goes to the activated state and it will stand by while keeping on pushing. When the pedal is unpushed the switch goes to the stand-by state.