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How do you tell horizontal switch buttons from vertical switch buttons?
Thenasty:
I made both color red so it's gonna be a little hard for you to detect which one is Vertical on this pic. ;D
Its really one of the RED color for sure ;)
Toonces:
--- Quote from: mahuti on April 06, 2005, 10:16:37 am ---From BYOAC
--- Quote ---In the case of a vertical microswitch the prong on the bottom of the plunger is cut off at an angle (narrow at the bottom and wide at the top), when the top of the plunger is pressed the prong slides past the microswitch and activates it that way. This is susposed to be a good thing as no matter how hard you press the button you cannot damage the microswitch however what usualy happens is:
The prong on the bottom of the plunger slowly wears away and pushes outward, the button becomes less responsive (you really have to hit it to get a response)
The pushbutton was so badly made in the first place that there is room for the plunger to move side to side in the barrel rather than just up and down, if you don't hit the button dead centre the prong goes right past the actuator without closing the switch.
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I don't think that thread is talking about the Japanese style buttons as pictured at the top. It's talking about the Happ vertical style. The Sanwa type buttons don't have the same design as mentioned.
Toonces
RayB:
Nasty, show us a top view... (show us your tops!)
Thenasty:
here are some pics and disassembled pics.