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When installing switches, when the build doc calls for wires to be soldered to left, right, or center–I assume that is the side to be closed, with the switch oriented to the silkscreening on the board, not the side the switch on the front is pointing. Correct?
Trying to save myself some headache, after having to flip the fat switch in a Sriracha fuzz. I had gotten used to slide switches and hadn’t thought through that, duh, a lever would push the contact to the opposite side.I am not sure I am getting your question.
The switch will work in either orientation. If you do not like the direction the switch is switching for you in the final build simply turn it 180 degrees. You can look at the Guides Page and see the Guide for Components to learn more about switches.
I hope that helps.
Moriearty – your switch query is correct. When the toggle bat is to one side, the opposite side lugs are the lugs actuated (connected).
So yes, a lever (toggle bat) would push the contact to the <i>opposite </i>side.
Re: Moriearty – your switch query is correct. When the toggle bat is to one side, the opposite side lugs are the lugs actuated (connected).
Yes. I found this out the hard way several years ago, so the switch parameters didn’t match my artwork on the enclosure. Fortunately I left enough wire slack so I could rotate the switch 180 degrees and problem solved!
Right. I figured the opposite-side connection thing. Routing wires for that in a tight section has proven… fun.
As to the other point, clarifying: when it says ‘right’ or ‘left’ in the build document that would be the closed side of the switch, using the printing on the board as the orientation, correct?
Moriearty – admittedly I often get confused by textural descriptions of switching configurations. I always rely on visual affirmations when wired. I also leave a bit of extra wire if they are backwards when I first mount them so they can be rotated 180º if need be.
Me, too. Notably, because up is up, but left-right change on whether you’re reading it on the silkscreened component side vs. the pedal side–the solder side.
And the documentation has all the horizontal resistors read from the bottom, and the silkscreen oriented to read from the right side (as I orient my components) but the resistor codes as read from the left.
And that’s why I was questioning it. I’ve been using the silkscreen as my reference. If it says ‘left’ and the switch is vertical, I follow the silkscreen (as read from the right of the component side) so the ‘left’ of the switch is the lower connection.That’s also why I use different colored wire, instead of my all-black ribbon. Easier to trace.
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