Rubber dome switches

[petrus bitbyter]

So I have to repair a Yamaha instrument that has its push switches worn out.
The rubber dome switches are known as VE135700. Dimensions 10x10x4mm. About
half of the 4mm height is the dome. I'm desparatly looking for replacements
but no luck so far. I found one supplier but he only ships inside the States
which is of no help as I am in Europe. Anyone has an idea where to find
replacements? I looked at Farnell, Mouser, RS and other well known suppliers
already but as I mentioned, no luck.

petrus bitbyter

 

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In sci.electronics.repair petrus bitbyter <petrus.bitbyter@hotmail.com> wrote:

So I have to repair a Yamaha instrument that has its push switches
worn out. The rubber dome switches are known as VE135700.

Googling "VE135700 switch" leads to the following thread

<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/ve135700$20switch/sci.electronics.components/KyWcR9FacFM/qxtW6u8eUgUJ>
or
http://is.gd/wnGlDB

which suggests that at least in 2004, that part was available from
Yamaha UK on the UK phone number 0870 444 5575, for Ł0.67 . The thread
also has the phone number for Yamaha USA, +1 (714) 522 9011, 08:30 to
17:00 California time (GMT-7). (The original poster wanted to repair a
WX-11 wind controller, if that helps.)

Matt Roberds

 

[Dimitrij Klingbeil]

"petrus bitbyter" <petrus.bitbyter@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:53459009$0$27134$e4fe514c@dreader35.news.xs4all.nl...

I found one supplier but he only ships inside the States which is of no
help as I am in Europe.

Sorry, no idea about the switches. If all else fails however,
having a supplier in the "wrong" country may still be better
than nothing as you can arrange the shipment via a forwarding
service. That's a company that lets you have a postal address
in the country you need (basically their warehouse address +
your name and some kind of ID number appended), receives the
packages for you, and forwards the packages received to your
real address overseas for a fee.

Forwarding companies are popular especially in countries with
high-ish language and cultural barriers, like Japan, and allow
foreign customers to pretend to sellers to have a local address,
avoiding lots of "NO"s because of the sellers' unpreparedness
to fill out customs documents in other languages and things
like that. Usually such services charge a "per package" fee in
addition to the shipping costs, but no fees for registration
and no recurring fees just for "having the address".

The USA also seems to have their fair share of such companies,
but since I have never used any of the US ones, no idea as to
their reliability or trustworthiness. As always, buyer beware.

Regards,
Dimitrij