Side mounted mechanical switch

[SeanO'Connell]

I have been searching ecf now for about an hour for a diagram of a side mounted mechanical switch such as the GG's. But i cant seem to find one. If someone can draw one up or knows where one is on the forum, the help will be greatly appreciated .. thanks!
Happy early St. Pattys day!!!

 

[johnpencraig]

There are some handy pics on the Golden Greek - E-Cigarette Wiki site, including an exploded drawing of the GGTS V2 Switch Assembly, and a cross section of it in place on the PV

 

[Killjoy1]

The Xhaler switch assembly is very similar. The switch shaft is insulated from the body and makes electrical connection with the battery post, then when pressed the switch shaft completes the circuit by contacting the opposite side of the tube wall, whereas the GGs have the battery post isolated from the bottom cap and the switch makes contact with that post to complete the circuit.

I think the GG method is a little simpler in terms of making one yourself. Zoranth's diagrams on the GG wiki are excellent, so should give you a good idea of how it works

 

[SeanO'Connell]

ok so the switch makes contact with the body of the mod, and the battery. But i would rather have the switch on top, making contact on the positive line. Im so close to figuring it out i can feel it... i just need to find that "missing link".

 

[Killjoy1]

If your mod is all-mechanical, then battery orientation isn't an issue and you could do something like the above mentioned switches with the battery loaded positive side down. Heck, with a mechanical mod it doesn't really matter where the switch is in the circuit, anyway ;-)

 

[SeanO'Connell]

So anyone else get their best ideas when taking a dump??? This came to me while on the porcelain bowl XD


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[SeanO'Connell]

Sorry I suck at drawing.. So basically I'm insulating the actuator from the main body of the PV and putting a metal tube inside the insulator to make contact to the actuator. The. I will solder a wire from the atomizer connector to the tubing around the actuator. Now the positive/negative contact post comes into play. It is essentially a disk of plastic with a metal rod through the middle. Actuator comes in contact with the contact post, by extension the contact post comes in contact with the atomizer connectors center post yay!!!! If you have any suggestions please add them... I want to make this switch as fool proof as possible


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[asdaq]

Generally, yes OK, that would work, but why use a wire? With mechanical it is nice to get away from solder and wires and you could have a post extending from the positive post to complete the contact. Here is a fairly fully explained example from derJuf that may be of help: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/battery-mods/260516-copper-tube-mod.html

 

[SeanO'Connell]

I've seen his design before and it is really nice, it's just not practical for my use. With all the tubing of my mod assembled, I've got about 2 1/2 inches from the top of the batteries to the top of the mod.


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[SeanO'Connell]

So... After exhausting/destroying/melting every possibly usable item I had laying around to center the pos. post. I figured out what I'm gonna do... ... Half inch of PVC pipe, some JB weld quick set epoxy, homedepots threader, a drill, and my quarter inch threader. I should be done with this mod in two weeks :3


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