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Subject: RE: [geda-user] [OT] I need help with selecting components
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spacefalcon the Outlaw [mailto:falcon AT ivan DOT Harhan DOT ORG]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 10:38 PM
> To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: [geda-user] [OT] I need help with selecting components
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> Thanks to everyone who replied to my request for help!
>

...

> I also noticed that they have versions with different operating force.
> I'm thinking of using the "plain" version (brown, 100 g force) for the
> "normal" power-on button and the red, 250 g force version for the
> button that grounds the special nTESTRESET test-only net.  Or would a
> 250 gf switch be too hard to press?  I admit I don't have an intuitive
> feel for it...

250g is about half a pound (8 oz).

Seems like a pretty reasonable force for something you don't what to
trigger accidentally.