Help Identify a possible Arch Switch - Electronic Circuits Projects Diagrams Free

Lt Fox Fire · 4th February 2008, 02:40 AM

This is from a 30 year old Brad Nelson Phaser he made back in the days when he made a few for Gene R. No joke. I'm in the process of backward engineering the circuts and trying to ID two of the parts in the process of making the circut diagram for reconstruction and repair. I took it apart 7 years ago when it failed, not knowing a thing about electronics.

http://members.cox.net/formedanimation/ArchSwitch2.jpg

Someone mentioned this is an Arch Switch. It has two metal ends with a glass casing. This, I believe, has something to do with the combination of the krypton bulb and the sound output. Can anyone confirm if this is one?

P.S. Glad to be a part of the forum

Hero999 · 4th February 2008, 03:39 PM

It's difficulat to tell from the poor quality photograph.

It could be a voltage regulator for all I know.

Pommie · 4th February 2008, 03:44 PM

It looks a little like an arc suppressor that is fitted to telephone sockets but, as Hero states, it's hard to tell with such a bad photo.

Mike.

Lt Fox Fire · 4th February 2008, 04:24 PM

I'd have a better 3D render than my current camera could take a picture of. Sorry about that. I'll try to post a better picture later on this afternoon. Thanks for the help so far.

KMoffett · 6th February 2008, 02:57 PM

Though these have a ceramic insulator material instead of glass, I think you have a gas discharge tube (GDT) transient suppressor.
http://www.sankosha-usa.com/u.asp

Ken

Lt Fox Fire · 6th February 2008, 04:37 PM

Wow, I went to the surface mount version and it's a dead ringer for it. Since the older devices used glass while the newer ones use ceramic, as you stated, it makes perfect sense. Thank you very much.

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4th February 2008, 02:40 AM	(permalink)
Lt Fox Fire	Help Identify a possible Arch Switch This is from a 30 year old Brad Nelson Phaser he made back in the days when he made a few for Gene R. No joke. I'm in the process of backward engineering the circuts and trying to ID two of the parts in the process of making the circut diagram for reconstruction and repair. I took it apart 7 years ago when it failed, not knowing a thing about electronics. http://members.cox.net/formedanimation/ArchSwitch2.jpg Someone mentioned this is an Arch Switch. It has two metal ends with a glass casing. This, I believe, has something to do with the combination of the krypton bulb and the sound output. Can anyone confirm if this is one? P.S. Glad to be a part of the forum

4th February 2008, 03:39 PM	(permalink)
Hero999	It's difficulat to tell from the poor quality photograph. It could be a voltage regulator for all I know. __________________ I also post at the following sites: http://www.stop-microsoft.org http://www.heated-debates.com Screen name: Aloone_Jonez

4th February 2008, 03:44 PM	(permalink)
Pommie	It looks a little like an arc suppressor that is fitted to telephone sockets but, as Hero states, it's hard to tell with such a bad photo. Mike.

4th February 2008, 04:24 PM	(permalink)
Lt Fox Fire	I'd have a better 3D render than my current camera could take a picture of. Sorry about that. I'll try to post a better picture later on this afternoon. Thanks for the help so far. __________________ If you have a car that can go the speed of light, should you bother to turn the head lights on?

6th February 2008, 02:57 PM	(permalink)
KMoffett	Though these have a ceramic insulator material instead of glass, I think you have a gas discharge tube (GDT) transient suppressor. http://www.sankosha-usa.com/u.asp Ken __________________ "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)

6th February 2008, 04:37 PM	(permalink)
Lt Fox Fire	Wow, I went to the surface mount version and it's a dead ringer for it. Since the older devices used glass while the newer ones use ceramic, as you stated, it makes perfect sense. Thank you very much. __________________ If you have a car that can go the speed of light, should you bother to turn the head lights on?