Editing Alps SKCL Grey

{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Alps SKCLAQ -- top.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Alps Electric]]
| family            = [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]
| product code      = SKCLAQ
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Linear
| switch mount      = [[Switch mount#Plate mount|Plate mount]]
| keycap mount      = [[Keycap mount#Alps mount|Alps mount]]
| introduced        = 
| discontinued      = 
| precedes          = 
| supersedes        = [[Alps SKCL Cream]]
| actuation force   = 0.882 N
}}

'''Alps SKCL Grey''', or '''grey Alps''', is a linear switch in the "complicated" [[Alps SKCL/SKCM series]]. The switch is heavier than [[Alps SKCL Yellow]], and is the replacement switch for [[Alps SKCL Cream]]. This switch was commonly used in [[Zenith]] keyboards for the space bar.

This switch was present in the 1994 Alps catalogue.

==Keyboards==
*[[Zenith 163-73]] (space bar, alongside [[Alps SKCL Yellow|SKCL Yellow]])
*[[Zenith Z-150]] (space bar, alongside [[Alps SKCL Yellow|SKCL Yellow]])
*[[Zenith ZKB-2]] (space bar, alongside [[Alps SKCL Yellow|SKCL Yellow]])
*SGI Button Box{{citation needed}}

==Gallery==
The switches below come from a batch of [[NOS]] switches from an unknown source; some switches have the expected Alps logo on the base, and some do not. From the top, these variants look the same; only the base is affected by this mistake. [[Alps SKCM White|White Alps]] has already been seen without a base logo, and these pine grey switches also exhibit this characteristic.

<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Alps SKCLAQ -- top.jpg                                | Top
File:Alps SKCLAQ -- opened.jpg                             | Opened
File:Alps SKCLAQ -- partial disassembly.jpg                | Partial disassembly
File:Alps SKCLAQ -- with and without base logo, bottom.jpg | Bases with and without logos
File:Alps SKCLAQ -- with and without base logo, top.jpg    | With and without base logo variants, from top
File:Zenith keyboard with SKCL Yellow and SKCL Grey.jpg    | SKCL Yellow and Grey in an unidentified Zenith keyboard (IFO-557KBD17)
File:Alps SKCL Grey (Zenith keyboard) -- opened.jpg        | Spring from SKCL Grey, which is quite different to that of the previous example
</gallery>

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