ON/OFF SWITCH

[ZK2AC]

I took an ON/OFF switch from my sister's toy and it has 3 metal things to solder to. Which ones do i solder to?

Here is a picture:



They are the 3 blobs in the middle, and by the way, it is only an on/off switch, not a 3 way switch.

Also I want to make the switch where it turns everything on, how do i do that?

 

[nobble]

Solder two of the pins on either the left or right side, make sure they are on the same side.

 

[zeturi]

Never mind. I don't recommend anyone ask me how to solder a spst switch. Ever.

 

[ZK2AC]

I just want to make it where when i move the switch one way that it turns everything on.

This all seems so complicated!

 

[zeturi]

Please ignore my above post. My mind is too cluttered to give good advice today.

 

[ZK2AC]

sorry im a huge noob, i don't know very much about this stuff.

it seems like i should connect the positive battery wire to the switch, and then put another wire which would still be the positive wire to the right pin. \

Am i correct?

 

[zeturi]

This:

 

[ZK2AC]

sweet that is perfect!

Thanks!

But wait a second, how does the ground get to the system?

 

[zeturi]

You solder the ground wire from your batteries and the (power) ground wire from your system to the rightmost pin. You solder the +power wire from your system onto the middle pin to the switch. Finally, solder the +power wire for your batteries onto the leftmost pin. That's it. As long as your batteries are charged then your system will turn on/off every time you slide the switch.

 

[XCVG]

Wait, what the Heck does the ground wire go to the switch for? Is that just me or does it seem like a REALLY bad idea?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

if you wired the ground to the switch there is a good chance you would fry what you are powering...

 

[zeturi]

Yeah, you don't have to use ground. Connecting your system's ground to your system's power in won't do anything if the system is powered off, though.

But yeah, on second thought it's probably better to just leave the rightmost pin unconnected.

 

[ZK2AC]

That is why i was wondering why you said to connect the ground to the power switch.

 

[ZK2AC]

I have one more question!

If I am using the psone screen power jack to connect the charger, where do i connect the positive and negative on the jack and the batteries? I am using 3 camcorder batteries,
li-ion ones. Im not sure if having 3 batteries has anything to do with the difference of where to connect.

 

[QuickSkop3]

Ive tested that on the charger, the positive is in the middle, Negative is the circle around it ( or Vice Versa) if you have a multimeter, test them, if not, get one.

So if im right, connect the + to the inside pin, the ground to the outside ring.

If not, correct me now.