Bixonic Expandora V1-Replacing Footswitch

[jackostrato]

as the circuit board is soldered into the output jacks and impossible to remove, does anyone have any advice on how to do this? must i just unsolder the board from the  input/output jacks? if so, as it's hard to see, is it 3 contact points on each jack? any advice to make this easier??

thx

[PRR]

Can't you just unscrew the jacks from the case?

[jackostrato]

nope. little round case. the jacks were screwed in 1st with 3 little contacts on each sticking up. the whole circuit board with pots and switch slodered in was then dropped in and soldered to the jacks. makes for a big pain. got it out, putting it back in w/new switch now. pain,

[jackostrato]

ok, i need a fujisoku 8y2011 dpdt switch. i need an exact, or identical sized switch. mouser doesn't seem to have one, nor does anyone else. any ideas?

[tiges_ tendres]

http://australia.rs-online.com/web/p/push-button-switches/0223446/

[jackostrato]

thanks. australia is a long way to go for a part...i would if necessary but this seems to be an exact fit: http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=955

[tiges_ tendres]

Doesnt look so close, but you could Kludge it.

Here is a data sheet:

http://docs-asia.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0fe8/0900766b80fe8632.pdf

[jackostrato]

hmmm, yeah. .2 mm here. .5 mm there. well, it's on the way so i'll see if it works. if not, i'll order down under. thanks and i'll keep you posted.

now, back to the lpb2...

[jackostrato]

ok, so re: the Alpha 107-SF12011-L DPDT  from smallbear as shown in the link above, the switch contacts are really spaced ever so slightly too tightly to fit the expandora board...by maybe .5mm the long way. i took some pliers and very carefully bent the 2 contacts on each end outwards a tiny bit. this makes them on an angle but i was able to get them through the holes enought to come through the board. the switch housing is identicle to the original fujisoku and i left out the inside retaining nut to make up for the extra area created by the switch housing not sitting flush with the board. bottom line is it takes a little jury rigging but the switch does work in the expandora.