How to extend a power switch on a projector?
Well, I went and finally bought one of those cheap projectors off of ebay for the pourpus of replacing the lamp, I almost have it finished and at this point Im thinking about where to mount it and how to run power etc... The problem I have encountered is that it will be in a place where it will be inaccessable to me, so I was wondering If I could extend the power switch to my "control table".
I figured when I bought that it used a soldered on SPST pushbutton switch, but when I got the projector and disassembled it, it had some kind of onboard switch (which I will have to post a pic of becasue its really hard to explain)
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
Oh, I almost forgot, It is so old I cannot find a remote for it, so thats not an option.
I figured when I bought that it used a soldered on SPST pushbutton switch, but when I got the projector and disassembled it, it had some kind of onboard switch (which I will have to post a pic of becasue its really hard to explain)
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
Oh, I almost forgot, It is so old I cannot find a remote for it, so thats not an option.
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Yes you are exactly right. If that is indeed the power switch location if you solder a monentary contact switch to either side of the pcb contacts you should be able to extend the switch to any reasonable length.
Yes. those interleaved pads use a conductive-foam dot applied to thre underneath of the finger contact to complete the circuit.
Since we can't really say how far away the useable cable might be from a remote switch or how far away the circuit itself will reliably function when replacing its designed actuator with a remote switch, , it might be best to use a small solid-state relay (SSR) to complete the circuit *as close as possible to the contacts, then use a cabled switch connected to trip the SSR, rather than attempting to complete the circuit from afar directly.
Since we can't really say how far away the useable cable might be from a remote switch or how far away the circuit itself will reliably function when replacing its designed actuator with a remote switch, , it might be best to use a small solid-state relay (SSR) to complete the circuit *as close as possible to the contacts, then use a cabled switch connected to trip the SSR, rather than attempting to complete the circuit from afar directly.
I had a similar problem in this instructable, I did as Re-design suggests and soldered my switch to the contacts.
Jan 23, 2010. 5:52 PMbwpatton1 (author)
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Sports? How did this get in the sports section.....Oops
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