Gee,
BillO wrote:It might be and idea to snag a re-work heat gun to get that switch out in an non-destructive manner …
I am so glad I joined this forum. In 50 years of (hobbyist) soldering I’ve never had one of these. Or even known about them! Ok, well I did get “paid to solder” a tiny amount when I was a kid, from age 12 to 16. It was the mid to late seventies and CMOS (4000 series stuff) was still fairly new (to me), and you could buy it right off the Radio Shack pegboards! And run logic circuits on a 9v battery, lol.
I have a heat gun I use for heat shrink, but I’ve seriously never even known about these. So I was pleased to wake up this morning and see this reply! I ordered right away, and now Amazon says it’s only 8 stops away. Har!
Thank you so much, BillO.
Today, with the display board still set aside, I worked on the power supply mounts. I managed to drill all seven screw holes aligned well enough that the holes in the supplies match up and they do screw into place, even the larger supply that has three holes instead of two like the smaller ones.
Also, I found some 1/4” length 4-40 screws at my local surplus electronics store which, with a washer, is perfect for use in the small supplies at the terminal end where, as Mike points out, a longer screw could contact a power lead inside the supply.
Thanks again, BillO! Looking forward to turning that switch around.
Sirius