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saddlestone-man · 10th Jun 2021, 7:26 pm

Hello All

I love the boxes used for the Mini-Mods.

I notice Gabe001 and SeanMcGee have both used down-for-off and up-for-on ON/OFF switches. I've used these switches in lots of projects and I used to buy them from Maplin before they closed down, but managed to bag a few before they finally went.

I never understood why they didn't print ON and OFF the opposite way round on the back of the indicator washer (what's the correct name for this?) then you could decide whether you wanted ON to be up (often used in the US) or down (more conventional for the UK) just by turning it round.

best regards ... Stef

10th Jun 2021, 7:26 pm	#74
saddlestone-man Hexode Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Posts: 391	Re: Mini-Mod 2021! Hello All I love the boxes used for the Mini-Mods. I notice Gabe001 and SeanMcGee have both used down-for-off and up-for-on ON/OFF switches. I've used these switches in lots of projects and I used to buy them from Maplin before they closed down, but managed to bag a few before they finally went. I never understood why they didn't print ON and OFF the opposite way round on the back of the indicator washer (what's the correct name for this?) then you could decide whether you wanted ON to be up (often used in the US) or down (more conventional for the UK) just by turning it round. best regards ... Stef