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Arcade Button Light Switches
lilshawn:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on June 11, 2011, 01:40:59 pm ---What would even be simpler is using a latching relay, but I cant find one small enough to fit in the box.
I wonder if you could use a touch dimmer switch? (Like the lamps you touch to turn on)
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you could... just attach the "sense" wire through the switch to ground.
you should be able to find a touch module that's just off and on.
drventure:
+1 for the touch sensor switch. They work great for applications like this, and they're already ULrated/sealed.
drventure:
Wait, just noticed the first post..
I'd think what would be WAY easier (and likely safer) would be to pick up one of these
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=push+button+light+switch&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=29p&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1385&bih=649&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=14292214466080890207&sa=X&ei=sMzzTYffG8u5tgfG-YiRBw&ved=0CJABEPMCMAQ
and just refit the arcade buttons to the pushbuttons then glue them in place.
I googled "Pushbutton light switch" to find it. They are reproductions of old style lightswitches.
Vigo:
the cheapest I see those are for about $20 after shipping on amazon. tack on the extra money for the buttons and the labor, and you might as well just spend a couple bucks more to get the ones from that vendor.
Now if there are any hardware stores that sell those antique lights switches for cheaper, that is a game changer.
DaOld Man:
They old style switches retrofitted with arcade buttons wouldnt "feel like" arcade buttons.