About Rocker Switches

Rocker Switches house a button for operation that can be pressed on either end like a seesaw to connect or disconnect an electrical circuit. They are often used as ON/OFF switches on the main power supplies for electronic devices.

They are usually divided into SPDT, SPDT, DPST, and DPDT. With an SPDT switch, there is no restriction to simply open and close a circuit but to instead redirect the circuit. With a DPDT(double pole, double throw) switch, there are both two circuits that are controlled by this single switch and both switches have two contacts that they switch between.