2 POLE 12 POSITION ROTARY SWITCH

[alexzanderepair]

Help!! ok I setup my wah pedal with a rotary switch with different caps
heres whats bugging me
I wired 1-6 posts to one end of each of my six caps, tied the other ends all together
wired post A to wah and the" tied ends" to wah
It sounds cool!
but I dont understand how come im getting different freq variations after position 6 if none of the caps are wired to 7-12 posts
I have a 2 POLE 12 POSITION ROTARY SWITCH
can someone please explain its driving me nuts!!!!

[MikeH]

A 2p12t rotary?  So it has 24 outer lugs and 2 inner lugs?

[Pushtone]

So it looks like this?
Where did you wire post A from/to again?


from http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/

[alexzanderepair]

one end of the caps went on 1-6 and the other end tied together

[Pushtone]

Looking at the beavisaudio schem...
The switch can turn 5 times (five clicks, six positions).
But since its dual pole they call it 12 position? 

If your switch is like the schem it can not turn 12 times in one direction.
Does your switch make 11 clicks (12 positions) in one direction? Wouldn't that be a SP12T rotary?

If your switch is like the beavisaudio schem then your issue is because you are only using half the switch.
Nothing is wired to post B, and when you are on position 6 (through post A) your also on position 12 (through post B).

Is there anything wired to post B?

If your switch does turn 11 click (12 position) in one direction then the little people have gotten into your workshop when you were passed out from working too hard on pedals. They did the extra caps for ya and if you open your wah up you might find some fairy tools. The little folk are terribly forgetful and often leave them behind after helping the out the muffin man, the little tailor, the poor shoe maker and the pedal builder. Good night, don't let the bed bugs bite, daa da daaaa, daa da daaa, daa da daa daa daadaaaaazzzzzzz.

[Torchy]

Take off the fixing nut.
Underneath it is a tab washer.
Make sure the tab is in the slot marked "6".
The switch is now a 2p6w.

Moving the tab washer changes the end stops but you will need to buzz out the terminals to verify the pole connections..

[Pushtone]

Take off the fixing nut.
Underneath it is a tab washer.
Make sure the tab is in the slot marked "6".
The switch is now a 2p6w.

Moving the tab washer changes the end stops but you will need to buzz out the terminals to verify the pole connections..

Does that mean post A can be made to connect to posts 7-12?
If so I'm guessing you couldn't use post B at the same time.

Or could you....

[Pushtone]

Darn,

I just got home and took a close look at a couple of rotaries I have.
They are not made the way Torchy describes.

Darn again, I wanted to beep-out what would happen to the second pole 2 if the switch went all the way around.
And what about a 4P3T?!? My mind was racing to find a unique use for this pole cross-over thing.



So I guess one could turn a two pole 6 position switch into a single pole 12 position IF its made like Torchy describes.
Morale of the story? If you can, get the right switch to begin with. 

We never did hear back from alexzanderepair about how many clicks his switch makes? 

[alexzanderepair]

it makes 12 clicks