• Re: Sweet Whispers Switch Problem - gogzhad@hotmail.com 08:05:16 01/23/06 (0)
  In Reply to: Sweet Whispers Switch Problem posted by dbishopbliss on January 23, 2006 at 06:40:27:

  Btw, inside the switch are a pair of detent balls at either end of a spring. The balls are inside the center rotating body which you will expose when you remove the cover. Be cautious if you begin to withdraw the rotating body from the housing; the balls tend to shoot out due to the spring force. They are quite small and are easily lost.
  If you do get into it that far, you can reduce the amount of turning force to actuate the switch by cutting a couple of coils off of the spring. Just make sure to leave enough to push the balls into the detents in the housing.
  Good Luck!
  dave
  
  

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• Re: Sweet Whispers Switch Problem - rogerhouston 07:13:07 01/23/06 (1)
  In Reply to: Sweet Whispers Switch Problem posted by dbishopbliss on January 23, 2006 at 06:40:27:

  I had the exact same problem with one of my switches. It cropped up after a couple of weeks of use. Intermittant signal. Tempermental switch that crackled when moved. This being my first kit, I feared it was bad solder joints, but it seemed to be completely assoicated with the movement of the switch.

  I put up with it for a couple of weeks, but finally, I tore into the switch. They're not the easiest thing to get into, but with a small screwdriver, you can pry back the retaining tabs on the bottom of the switch housing. Inside, there is a little springy gold plated mechanism that rotates with the switch and bridges the contacts. It seemed a little misaligned/unspringy so I bent it to make better contact and put the switch all back together. Problem solved!

  Hope this works for you.

  -R. Houston

  
  
  

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  • That fixed it... - dbishopbliss 16:38:58 01/23/06 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Sweet Whispers Switch Problem posted by rogerhouston on January 23, 2006 at 07:13:07:

    But, mine wasn't gold plated. I'm actually quite suprized that it works at all. The piece inside is just a small piece of bent metal with a hole and a notch in it that sits between 2 little bumps in the housing.

    Now, I'm really starting to think about buying or building something new. I would really like to have one knob instead of 2 for ease of use. Is there a dual deck switch like the one used in the sweet whispers?
    
    

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