Rotary Selection Switch

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mikemac said:
rs-online have them from a couple of bucks to a couple of hundred. If heard that you get what you pay for.........dont know if its true
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I purchased one from Jaycar but can't bring myself to use it it's a piece of crap, I usually glaze over when I go on the RS components web site, too much to choose from & often not enough info. I will have a look though, thanks.
 
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Oh Jeez. i spent, literaly 4 hours trying to order parts for a pre-amp. I forgot the resistors, i will get them from WES. The RS stock is huge but its a nightmare to order. I guess it gets easier as you go along. If they could seperate UK and IN stock, that. would help. Pity u were'nt closer
 
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There's a seller on Ebay that has a pile of NOS Russian military rotary switches for really cheap prices. They are ceramic with silver double contacts, but they are pretty large. Superb quality and very rugged. I bought a box full.

Best, Bill
 
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Bill Fuss said:
There's a seller on Ebay that has a pile of NOS Russian military rotary switches for really cheap prices. They are ceramic with silver double contacts, but they are pretty large. Superb quality and very rugged. I bought a box full.

Best, Bill
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Bill

Have you got a link I keep searching Ebay but come up blank the whole NOS Russian Military appeals for some reason.

David
 
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My bid: The standard Lorlin 2x6, 4x3 or 3x4 rotary switch.

I know that the 'true audiophile' could never get himself to use anything that doesn't include silver, gold, argon or kryptonite, and that doesn't look sturdy enough to survive minimum one nuclear winter.

...but my first preamp ( buildt 17 years ago, and used on and off in some 12-14 years) has one of these for input selection, and it is the only control that still works! The four toggleswitches for power, phase, mute and record monitor all have the internal part stuck in one position, and the volume pot is getting more and more worn and out-of-range in the lower part.
The only thing that has never failed, and still is working is the cheap plastic-body Lorlin rotary switch - how about that.
 
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Look up the seller Orpheus_2005, he has a bunch of different switches. My memory is faulty, it did not say Military in the listing.

I bought the 8 pole 5 pos ones and just took off the sections I didn't need. You can also lower the rotating torque needed by bending back the outer spring. I bought them around 4yrs ago, shipping has gone up quite a bit. I bet they would cost $100 a pc these days.
 
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Bill Fuss said:
Look up the seller Orpheus_2005, he has a bunch of different switches. My memory is faulty, it did not say Military in the listing.

I bought the 8 pole 5 pos ones and just took off the sections I didn't need. You can also lower the rotating torque needed by bending back the outer spring. I bought them around 4yrs ago, shipping has gone up quite a bit. I bet they would cost $100 a pc these days.
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Thank you, I have found him, is a NON SHORTING switch the same as Break Before You Make?
 
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Thank You All For Your Help

Thanks guys for all of the help, I will be going with the old Russian switches as they tick a lot of boxes for me, well made, cheap, old world & I'm recycling, except it has to travel in a jet to get to me🙂
 
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