Category: Limit Switches
Waterproof Switches for Recreational Watercraft
We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how you can’t kill our waterproof switches and how the navy, and commercial marine industries come to us for their most demanding and critical waterproof control sensing applications. But… Continue reading Waterproof Switches for Recreational Watercraft
Commercial Boats Use CPI Waterproof Limit Switches
Commercial boats face tough challenges every day. Whether they be fishing boats, commercial tugboats or cargo boats, this is not your lakeside motorboat environment. That’s why commercial boat manufacturers aren’t interested in messing around with the reliability or operational toughness… Continue reading Commercial Boats Use CPI Waterproof Limit Switches
Recreational Vehicles Discover CPI
Actually CPI is not new to the recreational vehicle market. A long time ago, some smart engineer working for a boat manufacturer realized that a completely sealed waterproof switch with dozens of mounting options that was good enough for the US military,… Continue reading Recreational Vehicles Discover CPI
EV Charging Stations look to CPI Switches
CPI Helps Charging Stations Fulfill the Promise of Electric Vehicles It seems like every day that goes by, electric car charging stations are popping up in more and more places. So called EV stations (Electro-Voltaic), are on a mission to… Continue reading EV Charging Stations look to CPI Switches
Electromechanical Limit Switches in Mobile Equipment
Back in the 1990’s, construction equipment manufacturers were filled with talk about completely eliminating switches with contacts by the year 2000. Concerns over environmental sealing, failures due to contact contamination or degradation over time due to arcing in high-endurance applications drove this… Continue reading Electromechanical Limit Switches in Mobile Equipment
Hardened Electro-Mechanical Switches for Military Vehicle Applications
For over 70 years, CPI has been providing thermal and waterproof switches to the military & law enforcement industries in a wide variety of applications. There are a few major reasons the military comes to us for their toughest switch… Continue reading Hardened Electro-Mechanical Switches for Military Vehicle Applications
Marine Boat Lift Reaches a New Low, with CPI Switches
On a beautiful sunny day not too long ago, Raptor Lifts founder Jeff Troester figured it was a great day to load the family into the car and take the boat out on the lake. After spending the requisite 2… Continue reading Marine Boat Lift Reaches a New Low, with CPI Switches
Why the Military Trusts CPI Switches
Despite the economic roller coaster driving procurement and buying challenges around the globe, it turns out the defense of the nation is an area that can’t wait for an inconvenient pandemic to be over. Programs in the works for upgrades… Continue reading Why the Military Trusts CPI Switches
Pushing the Limit on Limit Switch Applications
As one of the world’s premiere suppliers of electromechanical, high endurance waterproof limit switches for over 70 years, CPI has accumulated quite the resume of interesting switch applications. Our original customers were military and high endurance outdoor vehicles like dump… Continue reading Pushing the Limit on Limit Switch Applications
CPI Switches Work Hard on Work Trucks
The class of vehicles commonly known as “work trucks” have long been a primary market for CPI’s waterproof limit switches. There are a few main reasons for this: Reliability – The joy of saving a couple bucks by buying an… Continue reading CPI Switches Work Hard on Work Trucks