OVO DEWA A latching switch is a switch that maintains its state after being activated. A push-to-make, push-to-break switch would therefore be a latching switch - each time you actuate it, whichever state the switch is left in will persist until the switch is actuated again. El-Bawab, T.S. (2008). Optical Switching. Sinclair, I. (2000). Sensors and Transducers. This technology-related article is a stub.|Need to Rewire a Lamp?