Switches and wire - Northern Colorado Rocketry

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January 22, 2007 at 9:36 pm #39783
Bret Packard
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Where do you guys get good switches for electronics? I went by radio shack but they don’t have anything without a protruding switch lever of some sort. I was thinking of some type of Key switch or something like the ones Bruce S is using on his L3 bird. Anyone know where I could get that type of thing?

Also, is 24g speaker wire good for running between the altimeter and terminal block?
January 22, 2007 at 10:14 pm #43986
Warren B. Musselman
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Jim Amos, Missileworks, carries screw type rotary switches that are highly recommended. He shows up at launches from time to time and is local, so shipment is quick.

Warren
January 22, 2007 at 11:14 pm #43987
Doug Gerrard
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I agree about the switches Jim sells. They are highly reliable and have minimum protusion ouside the rocket. Here is the link http://www.missileworks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MWC&Product_Code=MWC-SW-2&Category_Code=cat103020
He also sells them in 5 and 10 packs with some savings.

Doug
January 23, 2007 at 1:24 am #43988
Ken Plattner
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I use the same switches. I bought some rubber gromets (sp) at Radio Shack, cut one of the large ones in half and used it as an o-ring to to seal the hole between the switch and tube. Works great.
January 23, 2007 at 1:30 am #43989
Ken Plattner
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The 24G speaker wire will work. Make sure to tin the leads and use tie-wraps or something similar to hold the wire in place next to the altimeter terminal blocks.

And how did I go from contributer to Treasurer etc.? Pretty funny.
January 23, 2007 at 2:39 am #43990
denverdoc
Radio shaft is a great source of disappoinment for any project beyond replacing your wireless batteries, get Jims stuff, if you need a rotary st/dp switch try Aeorcon. I like these to fire up a pair of alts at the same time.
JS
January 23, 2007 at 3:35 am #43991
Warren B. Musselman
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Well Ken, given that you’re the treasurer, I figured we needed to honor you for it. Not many folks step up to the plate and if someone does, folks need to be aware of it. Joe and I shouldn’t be the only peoople taking shit for it….

Wrren
January 23, 2007 at 3:40 am #43992
Warren B. Musselman
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I remember the days when electronics was a viable hobby and quite a few stores besides Radio Shaft were out there selling components and even with people that knew what they were talking about….

Warren
January 23, 2007 at 4:07 am #43993
Ken Plattner
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Well Ken, given that you’re the treasurer, I figured we needed to honor you for it. Not many folks step up to the plate and if someone does, folks need to be aware of it. Joe and I shouldn’t be the only peoople taking shit for it….

Wrren

Well, I appreciate it. We can spread the shit three ways… It just surprised me. It surprised me when I went from lurker to the next level automagically. When I saw that, I thought thats pretty cool. Warren or Joe are up to something. Thanks for the recognition.

Remember Heath Kits? There used to be a store in Wheatridge where I grew up. They had the greatest selection of stuff any kid could want. Too bad they are no longer around. They had the best power supply and o-scope kits around…
January 23, 2007 at 4:20 am #43994
Warren B. Musselman
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In my early incarnation as a kid 7-14, I had a novice and then general ham license and my entire ham station was Heathkit pretty much…I even had a Heath computer… 8080 as I recalll and CPM to boot a bit later on.

Warren

By the way, except for special folks like Joe, you and me and a few others, everyone’s label to the left is automagically related to the number of posts you’ve made in the forums. Lurker is under 10… it goes up from there.
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