tommorichards Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Im making a jazz bass harness for a guy here, but im having difficulty find a 2 way rotary switch to turn his LED's on and off, while being disguised with a knob. Im not adverse to using a 3 way, but does anyone know about a 2 way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 (edited) Most rotary switches have a little 'stopper' (a washer with a little prong sticking out of it) underneath the nut which limits the rotation of the switch. If you just want a minimal on/off swith then just buy a switch with the smallest number of 'ways' and use the stopper to limit the rotation to two positions. EDIT: Something like this has a stopper... [url="http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Rotary-switches-30304"]http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Rotary-switches-30304[/url] Edited March 4, 2012 by icastle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 that could be helpful. I was wondering if something like that was possible. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1330898063' post='1564636'] What about a 4 way going on-off-on-off. OR thinking. (Dunno if possible) with a resistor wired in on one setting. the 3 way with off then two differing brightness settings. [/quote] Yep - on-off-on-off is perfectly possible. 'Of the shelf' rotary switches generally go up as far as 4 ways and 12 poles - so there's plenty of scope for most types of esoteric switching there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommorichards Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1330898063' post='1564636'] What about a 4 way going on-off-on-off. OR thinking. (Dunno if possible) with a resistor wired in on one setting. the 3 way with off then two differing brightness settings. [/quote] also true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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