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The following is from post #1:strobe came on accidentally while flicking through modes!
is there a strobe option? and if so, how do you turn it on?
Great mod Lunal Tic. Please could you let us know what size of washers you have used and how long you have decided the plastic piston dowel should be.I was also able to put an A type switch into a SW02 tailcap ............-LT
Great mod Lunal Tic. Please could you let us know what size of washers you have used and how long you have decided the plastic piston dowel should be.
I opened up one of them, to see if it would work, and it won't fit.
The RPM switch uses McClicky guts, which are much smaller in diameter, and there's what appears to be a press-fit collar inside the housing to reduce the diameter for the McClicky to fit.
Thanks for the measurements LT. I've done it and it works perfectly. I also found a small gap between the two parts of the tailcap so have reduced the number of metal washers to two. I then used double sided tape between each of them and between the plastic washer. Finally another piece of double sided tape holds the stack central in the tailcap. I've found 15.5 mm is a perfect length for the piston. (I used the end of a pencil because it was a perfect diameter and was already rounded at one end !).The washer stack is right at 5mm the piston is 15.55mm. I could stand to shave about 0.5mm off of both because fully assembled I can see a little bit of the o-ring between the upper part and lower part of the switch. I may sand a little off when I have time. For now it works fine. I've even whacked it a few times on different axis to see if anything lets loose.
When you are tightening the tailcap parts back together make sure to center the switch as you go. It's not the same diameter as the tailcap housing so it tends to go off to one side or the other. I also tapered the piston so it slips into the washer holes easily and took the edge off the top so it doesn't cut the rubber boot. One thing on the plastic washer, I actually made that out of a P.E.T. bottle and it has a slightly soft seal, the blue part that conforms/deforms to the soldered contacts on the switch.
This isn't as as slick as a straight drop-in from AW but it works and, for the whopping 24 hours I've tinkered with it, seems stable.
-LT
Thanks for the measurements LT. I've done it and it works perfectly. I also found a small gap between the two parts of the tailcap so have reduced the number of metal washers to two. I then used double sided tape between each of them and between the plastic washer. Finally another piece of double sided tape holds the stack central in the tailcap. I've found 15.5 mm is a perfect length for the piston. (I used the end of a pencil because it was a perfect diameter and was already rounded at one end !).