Microswitch Mod

[harescbl905]

Hey, I've been out of the whole cocker and paintball scene for awhile but before I left I remember someone working on a microswitch mod. I was lookin and saw that Moody Paintball does it for a fee, but I was wondering if anyone could show me pictures to do it myself. If I had the money to send it to Moody I would but considering I could do it for about $2 myself I cant afford to ahve someone else do it. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

[bobrox]

get the new t-board with the switch pre installed

[Snowman]

get the new t-board with the switch pre installed

So let me get this straight, he doesn't have the money to send it to moody, but you think he has enought to buy a t-board just because it has a micro switch?

[bobrox]

yeah, he coould wait and not screw up his board

[mudd]

35 bucks plus shipping sounds like a good price for worry free installation of a micro switch.  Unless you are completely self-confident about soldering on the circuit board without frying it, I'm sure if Nathan would screw it up he would replace it.  The cheapest you can get a new board for is on ebay for 70 bucks, while supplies last.

[Dees_Troy]

I'd be less worried about the soldering and more worried about mounting the switch firmly in the right place.  From the looks of the picture on Moody's site, the switch is soldered via wires instead of directly mounting to the board, so that part should be easy so long as you know where to wire to solder the wires.  The wires in the picture appear to go under the capacitor and then possibly around to the back side of the board, so they don't wire directly to the spot that the optical sensor used to be.

Notice also from the picture that the microswitch is mounted flush to the bottom of the solenoid housing and probably uses a new, longer screw that goes into the old mounting hole in that area of the board.

If you know what you are doing, go for it.  I'm just pointing out that this is a little more than a simple swap job.  There may be some other modifications to the frame involved, otherwise Moody would probably just ask for the board and not the whole frame.

[wake_100]

I, with too much time on my hands, soldered a little switch holder using some metal i have at my bench at work. thank god i know how to solder.

[harescbl905]

I feel confident in doin this,I made a little bracket to mount the switch in that requires no mounting on the board. All I really need to do this is to know where to solder the two leads from the switch. Like someone else said the picture I saw the wires went to the opposite side of the board. I dont know how to figure out where to put them but I am 100% I could solder it onto the board without breaking anything. Thanks for the replies and concerns. If I cant find a picture to help me out I may ahve to break down and send it to Moody.