RE: Switch problem

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Subject:		RE: Switch problem
From:		Robert L. Nuckolls, III (nuckolls.bob@cox.net)
Date:		Wed Sep 03 - 10:12 AM

At 08:08 AM 9/3/2008 -0700, you wrote:
><rv-9a-online@telus.net>
>
>Hi Bob, I replaced the failed switch with another Carling/B&C switch.  I've
>had some trouble with loose rivets on some of these switches which I thought
>was the root cause of the thermal problems.
>
>I will be inspecting the replacement switch later today.  The external
>evidence of problems is a burnt fast-on and discolored terminals.  I have
>about 100 hours on the replacement.
>
>Thanks,
>Vern

   Thanks for taking the time to track this. This basic
   switch configuration has been around for a VERY long time
   in airplanes. The rocker switches with fast-ons used in
   the Cessna product late in the 60s used this manufacturing
   processes.

   Certainly, many tens of thousands of strobe systems
   have been controlled with this switch. It will
   be interesting to see what you find.

   Bob . . .