Does this switch exist ?

[tedmich]

here is the switch in the XXX schematic (2368)

it looks like a DP3T ON-OFF-ON

[daz]

here is the switch in the XXX schematic (2368)
[ATTACH=CONFIG]46923[/ATTACH]
it looks like a DP3T ON-OFF-ON

Thanks, tho that doesn't tell me if it's on/on/on. I thought about it and i think lead/crunch/clean could probably be accomplished with on/off/on as u suggest.

[rjb]

Mouser has a number of on-on-on but in the mini toggle size.

Have you checked data sheets?
The problem is that most switches listed as on-on-on work like the one on the left.
Daz needs one that works like the one on the right.


-rb

[daz]

Have you checked data sheets?
The problem is that most switches listed as on-on-on work like the one on the left.
Daz needs one that works like the one on the right.


-rb

Exactly, i need the right one. But like u said, if i could find a 4PDT on/on/on like the left one, that could work.

[Enzo]

No,, I didn't check any of the data sheets. I just found a bunch of 3-on listings. I don;t have time to do the complete research, it was just a suggestion.

The PV part may well not be what we need, it was just work checking out.

First three digits on PV part numbers are overall type and source.

713xxxx is a switch from domestic sources (Meaning Mississippi warehouse.) They same part numbers starting with 3 means imported. Any time you need a PV part from before that starts with 7, you can always try asking for a 3 series. Like pots, they all translate that way.

The last five digits determine the actual type switch.

302(702) - resistor
303 - cap
304 - semiconductor
307 - speaker
311 - potentiometer
313 - switch
314 - jack
to name a few common ones.


rjb, even if you are right, in a sound system, we can leave the common wire unswitched, and short the two center posts together and use those types. One channel. You want stereo, gang two or use a 4 pole type.

[daz]

rjb, even if you are right, in a sound system, we can leave the common wire unswitched, and short the two center posts together and use those types. One channel. You want stereo, gang two or use a 4 pole type.

LOL!!! I'm such a numbskull that didn't occur to me ! I can just hardwire the amps negative to both speakers and use a on/on/on DPDT to switch between + to spkr 1, + to spkr 2, and + to both. Dunno why that didn't occur to me cuz you do it all the time with with signals. Good catch Enzo, at least i THINK thats what you meant.

[Enzo]

I think that is what I was thinking, but the bottom line is whatever it was, it gave you a successful idea for a solution.

[daz]

I think that is what I was thinking, but the bottom line is whatever it was, it gave you a successful idea for a solution.

Yes it did, thank you good sir...

[rjb]

All's well that ends.


-rb

[Steve A.]

I ran across a full-sized 4 pole double throw*** on-on-on switch working on a 1,000,000 BTU "blast" furnace used in an autobody shop 15 or 20 years ago. The company that tried to repair it previously did not know about on-on-on switches so the switch that they put in did not work properly in the middle position.

I called it a "blast" furnace because there was no vented heat exchanger - the flames just shot out into the large room where the painted cars were "cooked".

*** It might have been a 2 pole switch but after all of these years my memory is just a blur...


Steve A.

P.S. I was perplexed a bit at first about the solution Daz posted because I only know of on-on-on switches as shown in the left drawing in Post#18... BUT if you jumper the 2 center terminals together you can select one, the other or both. You do need to ohm out the switch to make sure you are using the correct terminals...

D'oh!