Tip: I notice you "hook" your wires onto your screws so that the open ends of the hooks face the left. If you hook the wires on the other way (so the hook faces the right when its on the screw), the hook will be pulled into the screw as you tighten the screw, rather than fighting against you and being pushed off.
I need to make a switch that will turn the light ON not OFF when the magnet hits the other side...is that possible, I don't have a board like that, just the switch and power lead and light. SO I need the magnet to turn on the light instead? HOw do I wire that? I need it for a game puzzle I am making for a set..where does one get the switches please? Thank you much!
If you get a switch like this one, then you can either wire it as normally closed (on) when magnet is close, or normally open (off) when the magnet is close. You just need to search for magnetic switch at any site that sells electronic components to find them.
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Sounds like you are thinking of an OR gate. OR gate will have the load off only if both switches are off. If you turn either switch on, or both switches on, then the load will be on. All you have to do is wire the switches in parallel if they are switching the load directly.
I'm guessing it's one reed making contact with either NC or NO. I just made this video testing out using the NC and NC terminals at the same time. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-T6ZCcWgAmdw.html
If you connected a light to each contact, NO and NC, you would always have one or the other on, but never both or neither. Unless you used a relay to reverse the function of the switch. Two switches would be better.
Just wire it inline with the ground instead of the positive. The switch simply completes a circuit, it doesn't matter if it's on the ground line or the power line.
I got it out of radio shack's Make: it - electronics kit 2. Unfortunately, they changed the kit and didn't include this switch in the 2nd edition. So, you'd have to find the 1st edition if you wanted the kit and the switch.
