[sdiy] on-on-on switches with baton

[Danjel van Tijn]

I am putting together a DIY kit for expanding the Livewire Vulcan.

I wanted to use these tyco on-on-on switches:
http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Tyco-Electronics/3-1437576-9/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtrYAyDPAZZ3buJLpUOKNxrH%252bhNhxzQ1cw%3d

but they are obsolete and with no equivalent replacement.

What I am looking for is a slide switch that is tall enough (or it's
actuator is long enough) so that the switch can be mounted on the same
pcb as the 3.5mm jacks (which are approximately 11mm tall between the
pcb and the underside of the 2mm panel.
This means the switches need to extend beyond 13mm.

Any ideas?


p.s. I am using slide switches because they are a lot cheaper than the
on-on-on toggle switches.... my initial solution was to make a
dedciated pcb for them but I would prefer to do this all as one pcb.

cheers,
Danjel