hello guys,
can one use a DPST panel mount type switch on a PCB?! i need a DPST switch to switch ON/OFF two 12Vdc batteries(5Ahr each). i need it from farnell and it has to be cheap (my professor wants me to use cheap components) . the only cheap ones i found that could withstand this current and voltage were panel mount type, therefore the question>

thank you

 

How about a link to the switch you are considering?

I would think there would be a way to mount it. Seeing
the switch would probably bring some ideas.

Are you making the PCB yourself? How many boards
will be made?

 

How about a link to the switch you are considering?

I would think there would be a way to mount it. Seeing
the switch would probably bring some ideas.

Are you making the PCB yourself? How many boards
will be made?

this one maybe:
(http://se.farnell.com/cherry/wrg32f...BBNN+-+SWITCH,+ROCKER,+DPST,+16A,+250V,+BLACK)

and no im not doing its myself, its getting sent off to a company to be made. and its only one 4 layer board.

also feel free to recommend any "cheap" DPST if you know of one. from farnell that is.

thanks man

 

Looks like the one you linked was made to used w/ a socket.

You could get out the dremel and file, or solder on some leads,slip some shrink tube up around the leads and hot glue the thing in place.

Or if the container/mounting of the pcb allows it, you could cut the rectangle out of the pcb and slip it in till the tabs lock then just run insulated leads to the solder points on the board.

just the 2 cents of a kludger..


-luvv-

 

and no im not doing its myself, its getting sent off to a company to be made. and its only one 4 layer board.

If you were doing it yourself you could probably get it to work but,
getting a board made with some sort of unusual, out of the
ordinary features would seem to be problematic/expensive. I have
never had a board made but, in my experience with other types of
custom/semi-custom manufacturing this is usually true.

How about a readily available PCB mount switch used to turn on
a DPDT relay? The relay could be mounted on the board or mounted
somewhere else.