Converting Rotaries to Toggles

Started by jazzercountry, February 05, 2009, 08:29:06 PM

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jazzercountry

Hi folks,
I'm building the McMeat, just had some questions about the switches.  I know that there is one 2 position switch, two 3 position switches, and one 4 position switch.  What I would like to do is to use toggle switches for the 2 and 3 position switches.  I don't mind keeping the one rotary.  My question is how would I wire these to accomplish this?  Also, what type of toggles would I be using?
Thanks for your patience!
Ryan

Radamus

As long as you keep the right number of poles and throws (the P and the T in, say, 3PDT, in case you didn't know), then you will have the right kind of switch. Rotary switches are best for the 3P and 4P because they offer the right number of throw positions, whereas most toggle switches stop at two. I think that getting a three throw toggle switch will probably be more expensive. I'm assuming you're talking about the toggle witches like on a guitar with two or three pickups, where they have positions in between. I'm sure someone more qualified will come by and answer you better, but I've made the build, and rotary switches aren't that expensive. Why do you prefer toggle switches?

One of the switches is a DPDT, as I recall, for up and down. Another is a 1P3T for the amount of signal to the envelope, one is a 2P4T for bandwidth, and the last is a 1P3T. As long as the number of throws is correct, you're good. Extra poles are okay.