foot switch
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Como fazer footswitchTRANSCRIPT
The parts are pretty straightforward, but can be changed depending of what you already have.
Parts:- 2 Push On/Push Off buttons*- a 1/4" Male Stereo plug (I prefer solder-type)- a cable of some sort with at least 3 conductors**- an enclosure that will fit the switches- you may need some hookup wire, but it's unlikely
*I have heard of amps that require a momentary switch instead of a push on/push off type. You can check what you need by touching the wires for the switch together and seeing what happens.**I used an old RCA audio cable, which has 2 conductors in each wire, then I soldered one from each together forming a common ground
Tools:- Wire strippers- Soldering iron & solder- Drill with bits to match your buttons
The parts are pretty straightforward, but can be changed depending of what you already have.
Parts:- 2 Push On/Push Off buttons*- a 1/4" Male Stereo plug (I prefer solder-type)- a cable of some sort with at least 3 conductors**- an enclosure that will fit the switches- you may need some hookup wire, but it's unlikely
*I have heard of amps that require a momentary switch instead of a push on/push off type. You can check what you need by touching the wires for the switch together and seeing what happens.**I used an old RCA audio cable, which has 2 conductors in each wire, then I soldered one from each together forming a common ground
Tools:- Wire strippers
- Soldering iron & solder- Drill with bits to match you
With the buttons I got, you have to mount them before you solder. Because of this, I prepared everything else before soldering the buttons. The first thing you need to do it drill 3 holes in your box: 2 for the buttons and 1 for the cable to come out the back side.Next, solder the male stereo plug. I snipped the connectors off the RCA cable, stripped the wires inside, and prepped them by tinning them with solder. Because I had 4 individual wires and I only needed 3, I soldered both the outer ground wires to the ground lug on the male plug. Then one of the insulated, colored wires went to each the "left" and "right" lugs on the plug.Do the same prep work to the other end of the cable, but leave everything separate for the next step, then put the cable through the hole you made in your enclosure.
Now the time has come to mount the buttons and get this finished up. Put the buttons through the holes you've made and tighten them down
with the hardware they came with. Then pull the cable through its hole and get ready to solder some buttons. From the RCA cable, one "channel" (like the left or right) will go to each switch. In effect, each button is connected to one of the signal lines (the left or right from the plug) and common ground.