Got them off ebay (where else !) quite some time ago. Checked for the same seller again last year and they no longer exist. These are very similar …
Do a search for DIP switches - lots of them.
Mark.
Mark:
AHA!
“DIP” switches! I was searching for “slide switches”[D)]. That’s obviously why I couldn’t find the really small switches. I wanted to do exactly the same thing with the keep alives.
Thanks a bunch!
Dave
DIP – Dual Inline Package in electronics speak. [:)]
CG
Yeah, can;t say I’ve ever seen a single DIP switch. 2 in a unit is the smallest. And you can get 4 or 8. If the loco has a lift off hatch or something you can also use a micro 2 pin connector and just unplug the keep alive, but if getting at it would require shell removal, the slide switch idea is much better.
–Randy
For comparitive data on the various add-on capacitor assemblies, the following list was just updated in July. I find it interesting to see the power capacity, dimensions, etc. (prices not listed).
https://sites.google.com/site/markgurries/home/decoders/keep-alive-compatibility
I just saw a note on a yahoo forum yesterday the the ESU Mini has been updated and can now be re-arranged / unfolded / separated. For me the key contenders, inluding the price part, are the TCS and Soundtraxx, so I’m keeping a KA1, KA2, and a Current Keeper on hand for options. I need to investigate the other KAs.
At this time I have had no issues programming the Loksound with the TCS KA3 capacitor. I’m using JMRI and Sprog III instead of the Loksound Programmer.
Did you check the ebay link I posted ? There’s all kinds of ads for single DIP switches. As a matter of fact, this thread made me realize I was getting low on them myself, so I ordered 60 more for under $5.00 with free shipping from one of the ads.
Mark.
I stand corrected. rarely ever see just one by itself, usually they are used to set addresses or some sort of mask so they are ganged by 2, 4, or 8.
Yes, you can get anything from China these days. Watch that one place - $1.48 for 20 but $5.75 for 50. Who do they think they are fooling?
–Randy
LOL - That’s probably the same one I bought from, but instead, I ordered 3 lots of 20 - so, 60 of them for $4.44. [swg]
Mark.