Thanks for the response! I have had a hard time getting decent info from the various makers of alternate switches, regarding bounce, durability, etc.
Like you, what I am doing now is placing a regular mercury in glass switch in a plastic 35mm film container, and filling it with silicone, then mounting the whole thing with nylon "P" clamps. I have to put a "contains mercury, dispose of properly" label on it. It works well, but kinda looks "home-made."
Somewhere there must be a workable solution? I wonder what the appliance makers have done?
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Thanks williB, you posted while I was replying. What I am looking for is a simple, up or down type position switch. Along the lines of the sensing if the car trunk lid is opened or closed, so a light gets turned off or on. The Analog Devices IC looks interesting, but probably would involve too much support circuitry.