Abstract: The present alarm has a pendulum-operated switch apparatus including a pair of closely spaced, flexible, steel strips extending down from an insulation housing. These strips carry closely spaced, confronting switch contacts below the housing. One of these strips carries a pendulum weight at its lower end. To adjust the sensitivity of the switch, the other strip is adjustable toward the weighted strip by a metering pin operated by an adjusting screw through a gear reduction. Conductive rods extend into the housing to provide electrical connections to the upper ends of the strips. Each rod has a non-circular enlargement engaging the outer face of the corresponding strip and an inner end which is deformed laterally outward against the inner face of the strip.