Replacement switches for 1084 monitors ?

[Mark Smith]

Does anyone know what the part number for the power switch on a 1084S is ?  Any why the hell do they break ?  Nearly evey monitor I've seen has had a duff switch!

Oh and where to get the switch would be handy as well! :-)

Thanks

Mark

[RobertB]

Does anyone know what the part number for the power switch on a 1084S is ?

After many years of service, our club 1084 went bad because of a bad power switch.  The monitor was brought to Ray Carlsen, who repaired it.  I will send you Ray's e-mail address, and you can ask him.

           Truly,
           Robert Bernardo
           Fresno Commodore User Group
           http://videocam.net.au/fcug
           The Other Group of Amigoids
           http://www.calweb.com/~rabel1/

[smf]

Does anyone know what the part number for the power switch on a 1084S is ?  Any why the hell do they break ?  Nearly evey monitor I've seen has had a duff switch!

Oh and where to get the switch would be handy as well! :-)

I've got the same problem. I was going to just solder across the switch or something.
Although while I have it open, I will probably see if I can identify something similar in a local electronics catalogue.

I guess they all break because they designed in a part that wasn't designed to last 10-20 years.

[airship]

If the switch is the same as for the 1902 (and I suspect it is) then I listed a source for them in this thread:

http://landover.no-ip.com/forums/index.php/topic,1512.0.html

[Andrew Wiskow]

If the switch is the same as for the 1902 (and I suspect it is) then I listed a source for them in this thread:

http://landover.no-ip.com/forums/index.php/topic,1512.0.html

The 1084 has the same switch as the 1902A, not the 1902...  And your thread that you linked to is for a replacement switch for the 1902A, so yes, it should work.

Just to be quite clear...  Here's the 1084 in question:


Here's a 1902, which has a different type of switch (this switch is, in my experience, more reliable):


And here's a 1902A, which does have the same type of switch:


-Andrew

[Andrew Wiskow]

Here's one more...  This is the Commodore 2002 monitor, which is the best working monitor that I have right now:


Its switch is the same as the 1902 (the more reliable type).

-Andrew

[Golan Klinger]

The best advice I can give is 'do not use the power button'. They break. It isn't a matter of if so much as when. Plug the monitor into a power bar and use its power switch and avoid the grief altogether.

[airship]

Just a note to say that these switches are no longer available from the link above. It says 'discontinued; no longer available for purchase'.

[Golan Klinger]

They're the same switches used on generic PC power supplies so I doubt they'd be hard to find.

[StyleCHM]

Has anyone managed to source any switches? I have the "other" 1084S (with the switch on the back right) and the switch has been dicky for a while, but today i only barely switched on. Has anyone found anything that works, or perhaps developed a hack for it? I wouldnt mind relocating the switch to the front somewhere

thanks

[Mark Smith]

My hack involved pushing the switch in so the monitor was on, then jamming a paper clip in around the edge of the switch so it wouldn;t pop out again.

Probably not the safest thing in the world :-) but it worked ... till the monitors LOPT when sqweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee pop!!  :-(