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 ===== Alps SKCL Gray =====
+<WRAP wfix right>
+|  **Alps SKCL Gray**  ||
+| {{ :switch:skclgray.jpg?340&detail|A single desoldered Alps SKCL Gray switch}} ||
+| **Manufacturer** | Alps Electric |
+| **Family** | [[switch:alps_skcm_skcl_series|Alps SKCM/SKCL series]] |
+| **Part Number** | SKCLAQ |
+| **Switch Type** | [[:terminology:linear_switch|Linear]] |
+| **Travel** | 3.5mm |
+| **Sense method** | Metal contact |
+| **Mount** | Plate mount |
+| **Rated lifetime** | 20 million cycles |
+| **Quoted operating force** | 90gf |
+</WRAP>
+**Alps SKCL Gray** is a linear switch in the second generation of the Alps SKCM/SKCL Series.
+==== Characteristics ====
+The switch follows the general characteristics of the SKCL family, consisting of an upper and lower housing, [[:terminology:contact_module|contact module]], [[:terminology:stem|stem]], and spring. The upper housing has a hole for an LED, but the bottom housing will only have holes for the LED legs to pass through in switches ordered with an LED.
+SKCL Gray will always have slits in the upper housing despite being a second generation switch. The slits never appear to have been removed for SKCL switches.
+The stem, which is a medium gray color, is almost always unlubricated and is likely made of POM((tested on SKCM Salmon via [[https://wiki.keyboard.institute/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=switch:skcmsalmonburntest.mp4|burn test]])).
+Alps SKCL Gray, like all SKCM/SKCL series switches, uses a contact module to register the keypress. This sits in the housing on the side that does not have the LED cutout.
+==== Additional Information ====
+The switch was likely in production from 1988((http://mousefan.telcontar.net/alpsk.htm)) to the late 1990s. The switch replaced [[switch:alps_skcl_cream|SKCL Cream]].
+The switch was most commonly used as a spacebar switch in SKCL Yellow keyboards.
+There is a heavier variant, similar to the heavier variant of [[switch:alps_skcm_blue|SKCM Blue]] that has also only been seen in NEC keyboards. It has an operating force of around 120gf((https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5212&start=)) and is also incredibly unlikely to be a catalog switch.
+{{tag>switch:oem-alps switch:type-linear switch:sense-contact switch:family-skcmskcl}}