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
Quote from: Mark Smith on February 18, 2008, 06:57 AM
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
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Quote from: Mark Smith on February 18, 2008, 06:57 AM
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.
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
Quote from: airship on February 20, 2008, 04:33 AM
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:
(http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/monitors/1084.gif)
Here's a 1902, which has a different type of switch (this switch is, in my experience, more reliable):
(http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/monitors/1902.gif)
And here's a 1902A, which
does have the same type of switch:
(http://www.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/monitors/1902a.gif)
-Andrew
Here's one more... This is the Commodore 2002 monitor, which is the best working monitor that I have right now:
(http://server.zimmers.net/cbmpics/cbm/monitors/2002.gif)
Its switch is the same as the 1902 (the more reliable type).
-Andrew
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.
Just a note to say that these switches are no longer available from the link above. It says 'discontinued; no longer available for purchase'.
They're the same switches used on generic PC power supplies so I doubt they'd be hard to find.
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
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!! :-(