Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: How to fix START button on TA-10?

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Posted by Gary A. Hoselton (Member # 3447) on 12-29-2019, 06:24 PM:

The START buttons on my two Component Engineering TA-10's are faulty. One works most of the time and the other almost not at all. The detents click OK. I see that the pushbutton switches are soldered to a circuitboard, standing off the board a bit to project properly in the black panel. Any way to make these switches happier, or are replacements available?

Posted by Paul H. Rayton (Member # 1817) on 12-30-2019, 09:11 AM:

What you are describing sounds like these switches have some corrosion or dust on the actual electrical contacts, which are inside the switch mechanism itself. You might try -- depending on what kind of access you can get -- spraying a bit of contact cleaner into the interior the switch itself. Assuming a bit will get inside, such treatment should both clean and lubricate the internal workings a bit and may thus give you more reliable response when you push the switch.

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 12-30-2019, 09:17 AM:

Component engineering is still in Biz. You might give them a shout and see if they have the parts you need.

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