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Boxologist
September 5th, 2006, 07:52 PM
snapped the handle off from my high beam switch as i was parking at work this afternoon. switch still functional, but i want to replace asap, adn probably pick up some spares:shock:

anyone else snap off a handle from a caterham part and have found a good quality and competetively priced similar ( 2 pole, black plastic handle) electrical switch?

i found
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=LMA771

and http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ProductDetail.asp?cls=ROAD&pcode=LMA828 if i really want teh 7 to look adventurous(hack job):twisted:

ebay special
http://cgi.ebay.com/ON-OFF-PLASTIC-TOGGLE-FLICK-SWITCH_W0QQitemZ170026450146QQihZ007QQcategoryZ28645QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

maybe i'm just better off calling up RMSC so the switches all look the same...:confused:

Elv15
September 5th, 2006, 08:31 PM
You might want to check with RIF (richard in France) he is selling toggle switches now:

http://www.carbon-bits.com

Another place I have used is Waytek wire:

http://www.waytekwire.com

Finally, the folks at Vehicle Wiring Products have a large selection of wiring bits (not sure about the switches):

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/

Boxologist
September 5th, 2006, 10:08 PM
found this page on blatchat helping me along!
http://blatchat.com/T.asp?id=104009

this seems like a good canidate.
http://order.waytekwire.com/CGI-BIN/LANSAWEB?WEBEVENT+L0B7BC97B6E208100C45F071+M37+ENG

RiF's prices seem higher than the caterhamusa MSRP.
vehice-wiring-products has way way to much stuff. definitely kid in candy factory syndrome can happen there. just like demon tweeks.

http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/switch-1/photo/e55n.jpg seems a possibilty. http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.co.uk/VWPweb2000/switch-1/switch-1.html, about 3/4s the wasy down the page.

i'll try and get the base of the switch out tomorrow and procede from there.