High voltage latching relay with manual actuator

A latching relay comprising:

• a housing;
• a first coil disposed within said housing;
• a second coil disposed within said housing;
• a common plunger disposed within said housing and operatively connected between said first coil and said second coil such that activation of said first coil moves said plunger in a first direction to a first position and activation of said second coil moves said plunger in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, to a second position, wherein the first direction and the second direction lie in a first plane, said common plunger having a pin protruding therefrom;
• a limit switch disposed within said housing and comprising a common contact, a first coil contact and a second coil contact, wherein a position of said common contact is alternately switched between electrical connection to either the first coil contact or the second coil contact based on a position of said plunger;
• said first coil contact being electrically connected to said first coil and said second coil contact being electrically connected to said second coil such that when electrical power is applied to the common contact, the electrical power is alternately applied to either the first coil or the second coil depending on the position of the common contact;
• and
• a slide toggle accessible by a user through an opening formed in said housing, said slide toggle operatively connected to said common plunger and slideable together with said common plunger such that actuation of the slide toggle by the user causes manual actuation of said common plunger, said slide toggle being slideable in a second plane that is parallel to the first plane and having an elongated slot formed therein, said elongated slot extending in a direction generally perpendicular to the first plane and the second plane and cooperating with the pin protruding from said common plunger.