Help ID this panel switch part! - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

ben · 23rd May 2017, 2:41 pm

Can anyone please help me identify this push switch section. It is a two-part item (button and frame) for panel mount, retained by three plastic lugs, designed to actuate contacts soldered to a PCB below on a separate module.
Used on Tandberg and other kit in the 1980s there was also a version with a hole for LED indication. I need to find a name so as to be able to seek out spares! TIA.

G6Tanuki · 24th May 2017, 6:34 pm

Does the bit-you-push go squarely in-and-out or does it 'hinge' slightly? If the latter, then it's rather like what we always called a "Digitast" switch.

ben · 25th May 2017, 2:49 pm

No, it doesn't hinge, it sort of clips into a panel - it's not the type you are thinking of (though thanks for mentioning the name- you learn something every day! ) DigiTast makes sense - Taste is 'button' in German.

Still after the name of the pictured part, anyone recognise it?

John Caswell · 26th May 2017, 5:55 pm

Definitely not a Schadow Digitast switch. I have seen this switch before but I'll be b******d if I can recall where, senile decay setting in

John

23rd May 2017, 2:41 pm	#1
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Help ID this panel switch part! Can anyone please help me identify this push switch section. It is a two-part item (button and frame) for panel mount, retained by three plastic lugs, designed to actuate contacts soldered to a PCB below on a separate module. Used on Tandberg and other kit in the 1980s there was also a version with a hole for LED indication. I need to find a name so as to be able to seek out spares! TIA. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Ben.

24th May 2017, 6:34 pm	#2
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,005	Re: Help ID this panel switch part! Does the bit-you-push go squarely in-and-out or does it 'hinge' slightly? If the latter, then it's rather like what we always called a "Digitast" switch.

25th May 2017, 2:49 pm	#3
ben Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Madrid, Spain / Wirral, UK Posts: 7,498	Re: Help ID this panel switch part! No, it doesn't hinge, it sort of clips into a panel - it's not the type you are thinking of (though thanks for mentioning the name- you learn something every day! ) DigiTast makes sense - Taste is 'button' in German. Still after the name of the pictured part, anyone recognise it? __________________ Regards, Ben.

26th May 2017, 5:55 pm	#4
John Caswell Hexode Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wokingham, Berkshire, UK. Posts: 437	Re: Help ID this panel switch part! Definitely not a Schadow Digitast switch. I have seen this switch before but I'll be b******d if I can recall where, senile decay setting in John