[time-nuts] Racal-Dana 1992 switches

[Matt Ettus]

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Dan Rae <danrae at verizon.net> 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