Problem with Childs 12v 4x4 car - from an Electronics dummy!

[George Herold]

On Nov 11, 3:20 am, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com>
wrote:

Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch!  Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off )  I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere?  I have tried Maplins already.

Is it a rocker switch? Digikey has a nice search feature. You can
find a switch there and then see if Farnell carries the same brand.


http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/rocker/1114204?k=rocker%20switch

George H.

 

[BobbyDazzler]

On Nov 11, 8:54 pm, George Herold <gher...@teachspin.com> wrote:

On Nov 11, 3:20 am, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com
wrote:

Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch!  Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off )  I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere?  I have tried Maplins already.

Is it a rocker switch?  Digikey has a nice search feature.  You can
find a switch there and then see if Farnell carries the same brand.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/rocker/1114204?k=rocker%....

George H.

The switch is marked as KCD2 and looks like a rocker. It doesn't
stay switched on though. If you press it on it will connect the
circuit - but as soon as you let go it springs back to "off" and
breaks the circuit

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Rich Grise wrote:

BobbyDazzler wrote:

Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch! Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off ) I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere? I have tried Maplins already.

And why exactly is it that you haven't bothered to train him?

Why didn't your lousy parents train you not to post when you're high?


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.

 

[John Fields]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:10:17 -0800 (PST), BobbyDazzler
<david.a.mitchell66@googlemail.com> wrote:

On Nov 11, 8:54 pm, George Herold <gher...@teachspin.com> wrote:
On Nov 11, 3:20 am, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com
wrote:

Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch!  Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off )  I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere?  I have tried Maplins already.

Is it a rocker switch?  Digikey has a nice search feature.  You can
find a switch there and then see if Farnell carries the same brand.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/rocker/1114204?k=rocker%...

George H.

The switch is marked as KCD2 and looks like a rocker. It doesn't
stay switched on though. If you press it on it will connect the
circuit - but as soon as you let go it springs back to "off" and
breaks the circuit

---
Googling "KCD2 switch" gets about 197,000 hits.

--
JF

 

[Terminal Crazy]

In article <tlrsb7h4qapvj6fvobc92m5dpbuc6ea8mu@4ax.com>,
John Fields <jfields@austininstruments.com> wrote:

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Googling "KCD2 switch" gets about 197,000 hits.

I've just tried that and got: about 198,000 hits

I've always found more results on subjects when you search again a day or
so later. I think it gives Google more time to catalogue results.

--
Terminal_Crazy

Mitch - 1995 Z28 LT1 M6 terminal_crazy@sand-hill.freeserve.co.uk
Lancashire England http://www.sand-hill.freeserve.co.uk/terminal_crazy/

 

[ehsjr]

BobbyDazzler wrote:

On Nov 11, 8:54 pm, George Herold <gher...@teachspin.com> wrote:

On Nov 11, 3:20 am, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com
wrote:


Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch! Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off ) I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere? I have tried Maplins already.

Is it a rocker switch? Digikey has a nice search feature. You can
find a switch there and then see if Farnell carries the same brand.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/rocker/1114204?k=rocker%...

George H.


The switch is marked as KCD2 and looks like a rocker. It doesn't
stay switched on though. If you press it on it will connect the
circuit - but as soon as you let go it springs back to "off" and
breaks the circuit

If you can't get a replacement switch, you could jury rig one with
a momentary pushbutton or micro switch or sewing machine foot
switch and an automotive relay. Wire the switch (when pressed)
to energize the relay coil, and use the relay contacts in place
of the original switch contacts.

Ed

 

[George Herold]

On Nov 11, 4:10 pm, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com>
wrote:

On Nov 11, 8:54 pm, George Herold <gher...@teachspin.com> wrote:

On Nov 11, 3:20 am, BobbyDazzler <david.a.mitchel...@googlemail.com
wrote:

Finally got it working by replacing 2 switches and removing the
accelerator switch!  Unfortunately this makes it unsafe for my 3 year
old as he waits till he has crashed before switching off )  I cannot
find a UK supplier of the accelerator switch, anyone recommend
somewhere?  I have tried Maplins already.

Is it a rocker switch?  Digikey has a nice search feature.  You can
find a switch there and then see if Farnell carries the same brand.

http://search.digikey.com/us/en/cat/switches/rocker/1114204?k=rocker%....

George H.

The switch is marked as  KCD2 and looks like a rocker.  It doesn't
stay switched on though.  If you press it on it will connect the
circuit - but as soon as you let go it springs back to "off" and
breaks the circuit

Yeah that's called a momentary switch. There are options on the
digikey search for that...(mom.) stands for momentary. Or as others
have said find the direct replacment.

George H.