Susan_B_Good,

That is pretty much exactly a conventional momentary switch. It just happens to be packaged for use controlling something a little different.

It should be fine for your application.

One thing to note - the contacts will probably "bounce" as the switch is closed. Produce a string of momentary connections and disconnections for, oh, say the first few thousandths of a second. That's perfectly normal for a mechanical switch.

That won't matter in its intended application. But if you are using it with electronics, say counting the number of times the switch is operated - the results can be unexpected.

You can look up "debounce" to see how this can be worked-around.

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