DEC 11/45 switches needed

From: Tom Uban <uban_at_ubanproductions.com>
Date: Thu Jul 1 15:02:38 2004

At 03:19 PM 7/1/2004 -0400, you wrote:

> >>>>> "Jay" == Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org> writes:
>
> Jay> In the not too distant future I should be starting my 11/45
> Jay> restoration project. In anticipation of that....
>
> Jay> My 11/45 front panel has a number of switches that dont
> Jay> work. The normal failure mode of the switch covers breaking is
> Jay> not the case here. My problem is the actual switches on the PCA
> Jay> under the switch covers. They have disintegrated the way I've
> Jay> seen C&K switches do before. I went looking for C&K switches a
> Jay> long while back for an unrelated project and had trouble finding
> Jay> them.
>
> Jay> I could just locate a whole new front panel, but those get a
> Jay> huge premium on ebay. I'd just rather find the switches and
> Jay> solder new ones in place. Does anyone know exactly what switch
> Jay> the 45 uses, and where a source for them might be?
>
>They look like ordinary miniature toggle switches, with a toggle whose
>size adequately matches the size of the hole in the switch handle.
>Chances are pretty much any switch that size from Radio Shack or the
>like will do just as well. You may need to do some mechanical magic
>to attach the clips that hold the plastic switch handles onto the
>toggle switch body.
>
> paul


Yep, the switch has the clip/backet which holds the large plastic toggle
attached to it. The markings on an original switch are: 7121 C&K 0.4VA MAX.

--tom
Received on Thu Jul 01 2004 - 15:02:38 BST