I have put together a classdaudio.com 470sds amplifier. I am at the stage where I have tested it for a few weeks, it sounds great and I am going to put it in a chassis and finalize the construction of it. I want to have an IEC socket with an ON/OFF Rocker switch on the back of the amp and a rotary ON/OFF switch on the front. The board has 2 LEDs (yellow) that would be lit in standby mode and would go off when the amp is turned on with the front power switch. It also has 2 LEDs (red) that would be lit when the front power switch is turned to ON. What I need is suggestions for where to buy the switches and where on the net I might find wiring diagrams. I'm sure its fairly simple but this is my first build of anything. I have looked at the rotary power switches and not sure if I need 2 pole, 2 position etc. I would like to have a rotary switch with a nice smooth solid click. Thanks for your help.
In the US, only the hot line is typically switched, so that would be a SPST type. It is a single switch with two positions.
Connect the power inlet's hot terminal (which is connected to the internal fuse) to one of the SPST switch's lugs,
and the SPST switch's other lug goes on to the circuit being powered. The return connection from the circuit is made
to the power inlet's cold terminal (without the fuse). That is NOT the IEC ground terminal (which goes to the chassis).
The added wiring looks something like this: http://sub.allaboutcircuits.com/images/05001.png
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Off-Two-...N3-/122116026316?_trksid=p2352135.m2548.l4275
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