tc electronic footswitch replacement

[snow123]

ok, so i spilled some water on my beloved tc mojomojo, everything works fine, but the footswitch gets stuck. and its a 2pdt switch and i only have 3pdt switches, and it has pins to connect to the pcb and all of my footswitches use lugs. so i connected 6 solid core wires to 6 out of the 9 lugs to connect it to the mojomojo's pcb. would this work?

[snow123]

[deadastronaut]

You probably need to connect your six wires to 2 columns.. vertical

Rather than the 2 rows...horizontal.

So you have a dpdt......

[antonis]

[Ice-9]

I would suggest to buy the correct 2pdt footswitch as they are a little smaller in physical size (height) so for the sake of a few quid will make life so much easier to fit . Alpha 2pdt latching. On the other hand if you prefer to fit a 3pdt switch then vertical pin outs are the way.

[snow123]

I should also add a pic of how the stock switch is on there + how I would install my make-shift footswitch

[bluebunny]

Do what Mick says: the replacement switch is readily available.  You'll only have grief trying to get that 3PDT with its extensions into place (I'd wager you won't get switch+PCB to fit at all).

[deadastronaut]

+1 to what mick and marc said....(now youve shown the pcb pics)

those switches are readily available with the pcb pins. 


solder sucker....and replace with same switch. done. 

[snow123]

well the thing is that i cant really find any 2pdt switches that use those pins. i can only find ones with lugs.

[bluebunny]

What are the pin measurements?  It's an Alpha switch in the photo.  Looks like the ones you can get at Tayda or Small Bear, among other places.

[snow123]

lmao the solder connecting the footswitch to the pcb wont melt

[deadastronaut]

this sounds like a paradox, but put your solder onto it, then suck....

it'll heat up better and flow.

[Ice-9]

As Rob said, Reflow new solder onto the pins before trying to de-solder. The solder on the original will be lead free solder and needs a higher temp to reflow. If you put new solder on using leaded solder then it is easier to remove the solder at the next step.

I know it sounds counter productive to add solder to remove solder but this is the way to do it.

Removing a footswitch without damaging the PCB can be tricky if you have not done it before.