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+# What do you mean by 'active switch' in the manual?
+
+The only active switch we're aware of is the
+[Featherweight Magnetic Switch](https://www.featherweightaltimeters.com/store/p4/Magnetic_Switch.html)
+
+These need three connections .. a ground, an input, and an output. Of
+the two switch screw terminals on Altus Metrum products, one is
+connected to the + side of the battery terminal and is the input to such
+a switch, the other connects to the output of the switch. Ground can be
+found on another screw terminal on TeleMega and EasyMega, there's an
+extra explicit hole you can solder a wire to on TeleMetrum, and all of
+our products have grounded mounting screw holes.
+
+For a typical, simple, mechanical switch .. you can ignore all this and
+just connect the two "switch" screw terminals.
+
TSM200N03D FETs which are rated for 20A continuous, 80A pulsed. In pyro use,
we're closer to the pulsed rating than continuous. However...
-Please note that Ohms law applies. Whatever your battery voltage is and
+Please note that Ohm's law applies. Whatever your battery voltage is and
whatever your e-match or other device's resistance are will limit the
actual deliverable current. With a single-cell LiPo battery, the fully
charged voltage is 4.2 volts, and a feature of LiPo batteries is that