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refurbishing S1
Guyfang,
you would have laughed your-know-what off had you seen me flinging springs all over the place trying to keep them in their slots.
I spent more time on my knees looking for the buggers than assembling wafers. Boy are they fast.
That was until I realized that the problem was not just with the springs but trying to hold the shorting bar in the plastic holder (which I later discovered is also gender specific ). Balancing three items that don't want to be together is no easy feat. I would have given up too if I could find S1 replacements. But I have two generators that need working master switches, so I have to find a solution to this poor contacts problem.
I may have found an un-orthodox solution that clips the spring's wings when they want to fly-away. I will hold off revealing what it is until I mount S1 back in the generator and check it for a while, and making sure there are no issues when the switch is energized.
If it works, it solves the flying spring problem, well at least maybe for me.
Here is an image of a cleaned wafer and an assembled one using the "spring taming technique".
Guyfang,
you would have laughed your-know-what off had you seen me flinging springs all over the place trying to keep them in their slots.
I spent more time on my knees looking for the buggers than assembling wafers. Boy are they fast.
That was until I realized that the problem was not just with the springs but trying to hold the shorting bar in the plastic holder (which I later discovered is also gender specific ). Balancing three items that don't want to be together is no easy feat. I would have given up too if I could find S1 replacements. But I have two generators that need working master switches, so I have to find a solution to this poor contacts problem.
I may have found an un-orthodox solution that clips the spring's wings when they want to fly-away. I will hold off revealing what it is until I mount S1 back in the generator and check it for a while, and making sure there are no issues when the switch is energized.
If it works, it solves the flying spring problem, well at least maybe for me.
Here is an image of a cleaned wafer and an assembled one using the "spring taming technique".
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