tiny grayhill

received my grayhill switches,
http://tr.farnell.com/grayhill/56sd30-01-1-ajs/switch-1pole-12-pos/dp/1190383

God Sake, they are so tiny, you can swallow them  ;D

Good stuff.

Yes, going down would be pretty easy. But coming out may have some complications. ;D

sahib said:

Yes, going down would be pretty easy. But coming out may have some complications. ;D

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Depends...if it's solder lug it may no be so bad...but if it's pcb pin...uh ohhhhhhh

solder lug  ;D
only problem,  not many knobs to choose from, 3.18mm shaft

Solder lug.

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Yeah I've used these. Leads of standard 0.5 W resistors won't fit through the lugs... I had to squeeze them flat.

Samuel

kambo said:

God Sake, they are so tiny, you can swallow them  ;D

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Try the 71 Series. You might choke on them but you won't swallow them. The also come with good old quarter inch shafts.

Cheers

Ian

i prefer 71's too, but i cant get shorting 71's from Farnell_Turkey, rest is a lot of tax-import problems 
i liked the small ones anyway, replaced 24 lorlins so far,
more on the way  ;D

Hey man, nothing to be embarassed about having a little switch
it's how you use it [ from what i've heard ]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

kambo said:

i prefer 71's too, but i cant get shorting 71's from Farnell_Turkey, rest is a lot of tax-import problems 

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I can't get shorting from Farnell UK either. I tend to use 4M7 resistors across contacts instead.

Cheers

Ian

ruffrecords said:

I tend to use 4M7 resistors across contacts instead.

Cheers

Ian

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ahaaaa, thats i didnt know,
would it work on any circuit, or some limitations ?

kambo said:

ahaaaa, thats i didnt know,
would it work on any circuit, or some limitations ?

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Well they are often used in EQ circuits to ensure that all the capacitors are charged up to the same dc potential so that you don't get clicks when switching. Look at almost any Neve EQ switch and you will see them.

You cannot really use them for input switching but then you would not want shorting contacts there anyway.

Cheers

Ian

4M7 ?

If I'm not mistaken, some older sountcrafts had 1M for avoiding clicks.