[time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 switches
Matt Ettus
boyscout at gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 00:23:54 UTC 2008
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Dan Rae <danrae at verizon.net> wrote:
> d.seiter at comcast.net wrote:
>
> >Are these switches the same as the ones in the 1996? Mine works perfectly now, but if the switches are a ticking time bomb, I'm going to move it to a area with better temperature control, and start looking for a donor unit just in case.
> >
> >
> >
> They both used the same switches. However, not all batches of these
> seem to have suffered the problem. If any on a unit go they may well
> all die. Also it is possible that they may have been replaced at some
> time in the past, I knew a technician at the service dept here in
> California who did a lot of them way back, when they were still
> supported... It is hard to be more specific...
>
> From examination of the dead ones I remember it was a rubber insert
> that died. They start to feel a bit less springy than usual, then die.
>
> My 29 cent Jameco switches have worked for me for at least five years
> now. I don't think you would want to have paid racal's prices for them
> anyway :^)
>
You guys are bad luck... My switches were all fine until you started
talking about them dying... I desoldered one of them and it appears
to be marked TOKO 30. I didn't know TOKO made switches, and none are
listed on their web page. Would Racal still have them?
Matt
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