[sdiy] Slider switch with odd footprint

[Terje Winther]

>> I am repairing/modding a Transcedent 2000, and those slider  
>> switches are
>> partly broken and stiff, so I thought I should swap them for  
>> something new.
>> The footprint is of course an oddball: 4,6 mm between each whole in  
>> the
>> row, and 7,5 mm between the two rows.
>> I have searched most of the standard suppliers. Any hints where I go
>> looking now?
>
> Ooh yes, I'd like to know the answer to that too! Got a sickly T2000  
> PCB sitting on a shelf with switches in a similar state and it would  
> be so much easier to use drop-in replacements. I'll be amazed if any  
> are available, though. Just to make it worse, IIRC some are DPDT and  
> some are DP3T.

You are quite right. I have tried to figure out who was the original  
maker, but there are no markings whatsoever on the switches. Probably  
something cheap to keep costs down.
I have located a switch that *might* be suitable, but even though it  
is from CW Industries, neighter Mourser nor Digikey list the switch,  
even though they sell lots of other switches.
I have emailed the maker directly to see what kind of options are  
possible. They are willing to make custom switches, but I have no idea  
of the magnitude required to make custom switches.


Terje Winther
terje.winther at wintherstormer.no
http://www.wintherstormer.no/