[sdiy] Good switch source?

[Jim Patchell]

One thing to keep in mind when purchasing toggle switches...is don't go 
CHEAP.  I had a very bad experience several years ago when I built some 
sequencers....

http://www.noniandjim.com/Jim/synthmodulesII/index.html#Modular_Analog_Synthesizer
http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/seqproj/seqproj.html

Both of those I used Mountain switches....and enough of them failed...to 
make life miserable....

Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> On 7/19/07, dj hohum <djhohum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I'm working on  a step sequencer and I need to buy switches. What I'm
>> looking for is the standard mini toggle switch with the plastic
>> colored end caps. I want to be able to buy extra colored caps so that
>> I can color code the switches. The majority of the switches will be
>> the on-off-on single pole variety but I'll need some other as well.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a good place to get these in the U.S. at a good
>> price? I suppose futurlec's price isn't bad but I don't believe that I
>> can get multiple end caps and they take forever to deliver as well as
>> having terrible customer service.
>>
>> So ideally I'd like an even better price than futurlec, but, I'm more
>> concerned that I can get a variety of endcaps.
>>
>> Oh,  I'll be buying around 100 switches.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daryl
> 
> 
> I'd definitely take a look at Mouser and Digi-Key. Mouser seems to
> have a slightly better selection of switches (along with pots, knobs
> and other handy bits and pieces), whereas Digi-Key seems to have a
> better selection of ICs and semis.
> 
> 
> Tim (handy bits) Servo