Power Supplie button fell out
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Was it a circular rocker switch with illumination?
You'll need to bridge the connections at the left to the connections on the right with A suitable wire. You'd of course need to do this with the power isolated and you'd of course need to make sure anything you do is insulated properly afterwards. Your switch would have course always be on then and you'd need to switch your pc off at the wall.
Is it a job I'd do? Probably.
Is it a job you should do? Only if you know what you are doing and the fact you have posted here asking the question probably suggests that you don't. If you fancy it then you'd need a soldering iron, a decent gauge wire and a steady hand. I'd probably wire one at the top and one at the bottom just to be sure. The switch probably just activates a relay but it's hard to be sure without knowing the PSU.
You'll need to bridge the connections at the left to the connections on the right with A suitable wire. You'd of course need to do this with the power isolated and you'd of course need to make sure anything you do is insulated properly afterwards. Your switch would have course always be on then and you'd need to switch your pc off at the wall.
Is it a job I'd do? Probably.
Is it a job you should do? Only if you know what you are doing and the fact you have posted here asking the question probably suggests that you don't. If you fancy it then you'd need a soldering iron, a decent gauge wire and a steady hand. I'd probably wire one at the top and one at the bottom just to be sure. The switch probably just activates a relay but it's hard to be sure without knowing the PSU.
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any chance you could draw on the picture how it should be
Something like this?
Of course this may be wrong as all I see is a 2 dimensional image of the contacts with no real understanding of what the rocker switch was actually like. If this were mine I'd probably pop the PSU open and examine the wiring leading to the switch and join accordingly, or even just do the patch inside.
Oh and do be careful as those contacts will be live with good old 240v AC which gives quite a tickle if you go touching or worse still, licking them.
As I said you need to know what you are doing.
Of course this may be wrong as all I see is a 2 dimensional image of the contacts with no real understanding of what the rocker switch was actually like. If this were mine I'd probably pop the PSU open and examine the wiring leading to the switch and join accordingly, or even just do the patch inside.
Oh and do be careful as those contacts will be live with good old 240v AC which gives quite a tickle if you go touching or worse still, licking them.
As I said you need to know what you are doing.
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supply.
Buy a new button switch?
Surely safer and better than bodging in the on state?
That high street electronics store sell loads that should be suitable
do you know of any where i could get a switch ?
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Look on the bay for a rocker switch with the same diamiter as the one thats in there.
Then take it apart and fit the new one, you will probley need to solder the new one in.
Then take it apart and fit the new one, you will probley need to solder the new one in.
Something like this?
Of course this may be wrong as all I see is a 2 dimensional image of the contacts with no real understanding of what the rocker switch was actually like. If this were mine I'd probably pop the PSU open and examine the wiring leading to the switch and join accordingly, or even just do the patch inside.
Oh and do be careful as those contacts will be live with good old 240v AC which gives quite a tickle if you go touching or worse still, licking them.
As I said you need to know what you are doing.
if i cant live in a world where you cant lick live wires i don't want to live any more
i can't name competitors and the place i hinted at could be viewed as a competitor.or as was suggested too the bay
i can't name competitors and the place i hinted at could be viewed as a competitor.or as was suggested too the bay
i missed that post i get ya
Farnell/RS? Though they tend to be on the pricey side for small orders.
I think the likelihood of getting an identical switch to the one that fell out and has since become lost is quite poor. The chances that you'd just be able to pop it in as well are next to nothing. Even trying to find an image of this PSU with it attached flummoxed me.
It's more than a little dodgy working with PSUs. The capacitors inside PSUs carry massive voltage and can release them in an instant down an unspsuspecting finger or tongue, which would give your heart quite a flutter. I've blown a screwdriver blade apart on primary side mains voltage capacitors once and I'm so glad I was insulated from it.
It's more than a little dodgy working with PSUs. The capacitors inside PSUs carry massive voltage and can release them in an instant down an unspsuspecting finger or tongue, which would give your heart quite a flutter. I've blown a screwdriver blade apart on primary side mains voltage capacitors once and I'm so glad I was insulated from it.