About 4 way switch problem

[CY343491]

Hi friends,
Sorrry for bothering you for a topic which is not related to modeling. I know that this situation makes some of us angry, i don't know why. I have 4 way switches like below which i've made harnesses with open barrel terminals. When i put my harness on switch, male terminals of switch goes inside of switch's body. What's the best solution? Adhesives? Melting plastic?

 

[urumomo]

Huh ?
Don't understand question .

 

[CY343491]

Huh ?
Don't understand question .

Hi urumomo, many thanks for your attetion as always. You see there are four male terminals on switch, when i put my female terminal which is on my harness, it pushes male terminals and makes them slip and run into switch body, you know terminal connections must be close fit.

 

[urumomo]

What's the other side look like ?
Is that a rocker switch ?

I would junk it and replace it , but you can try and melt some of the housing around the base of the terminals using a soldering iron .
- that would be the jank way .

 

[CY343491]

I would junk it and replace it , but you can try and melt some of the housing around the base of the terminals using a soldering iron .
- that would be the jank way .

I think there is a design mistake on those switches i've tried 6 of them all of them gone, i can't use another product because i have a device which has opening exactly same size of this shit. Now i have four switches i have melted two of it with soldering iron, looking to melt other two.

 

[urumomo]

Did melting the plastic around the base of the terminal blade work ?
I was thinking you may need to drill another small hole at the base of each blade to provide a point of interference for the melted plastic .
Ha ha , so jank .

No way to change out the whole setup so you can use better switches ?

 

[CY343491]

What's the other side look like ?
Is that a rocker switch ?

 

[CY343491]

I was thinking you may need to drill another small hole at the base of each blade to provide a point of interference for the melted plastic .

1,5-2mm copper material, not easy to drill with small bits, also plastic will melt while drilling .

 

[CY343491]

Find another way, when i heat male terminals through it's small holes, it melts those plastics properly.

 

[urumomo]

scary .
can't see what's happening inside .

 

[CY343491]

scary .
can't see what's happening inside .

Tested and worked ok

 

[urumomo]

You're probably OK .
probably
I've seen some pretty weak isolation in some of these switches and fixtures coming from our favorite manufacturing nation .
hardly anything but a millimeter of air between 2 uninsulated conductors .

 

[urumomo]

BTW , that's called a double pole , single throw switch . Not a 4-way
The innards .
Rocker on the outwards .

 

[CY343491]

Ok