On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Dan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David McGaw wrote: > > >Does anyone know of a source of push-button switches for the > >Racal-Dana 1992? I have one that over half are bad. No luck from > >Racal-Dana or their service house. > > > > > The original makers of that switch (Omron?) stopped making them years > ago. I wonder why? > > The last time I did this I found a switch at Jameco that was a near > exact replacement. The only difference was that the button was a little > too loose a fit and needed a dab of epoxy inside to hold it firmly in > place. These have been working in mine now for at least five years. > The type I used was KIE22 (29 cents each in 100s), however the ones I > got then with a cross section shape blue plunger do not look exactly > the same as the ones pictured in the current on line catalog. Some > further research is indicated obviously... > > Once they start to go they will all need to be replaced, I'm afraid. >
I bought the ones in the catalog, but they don't fit. The footprint is bigger, for one thing. Matt _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.