Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
My brother in Christ, you know that's not what I meant
The correct orientation for the keyway slot in a 3PDT is...
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Guardians of the analog
Papi Fuego
In all seriousness, this footswitch is hot trash. On my ditto looper and old polytune I had to pull the pedal apart and fix the spring because it stopped working multiple times. I hate that design with a passion
Aentons
Well-known member
Yep, I have this one open because it's broken. I'm with ya
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Wouldn't have happened if the keyway was facing the right direction.... just sayin.
OD is Glorious
Well-known member
I had no idea the direction of the keyway was a matter of import... Before I began building I checked my commercially purchased pedals and some have the keyway on top, some on the side and some on the bottom. I have been putting them on the bottom after reading a comment on this thread. Carry on!
Laundryroom David
Keyboard Cowboy 🤠
Oh no this might lead to a debate about proper switched dc jack orientation!
ThomasAvenue
Member
like Yeah!
Member
mxr and tc electronics do it on the side
jhs does it on the top.
my first two were up.
the last one i did was down. but this thread is new to me.
it's a fancy switch that came with a star washer and an unkeyed round washer.
should i feel bad even if it doesn't matter?
jhs does it on the top.
my first two were up.
the last one i did was down. but this thread is new to me.
it's a fancy switch that came with a star washer and an unkeyed round washer.
should i feel bad even if it doesn't matter?
jessenator
Well-known member
On the side, below the ₛᴵᴰᴱ ᴶₐᶜₖˢ…
Finishing up my Sequel (Chuck version) and just realized the key is up. Now normally this would have no effect on me whatsoever. But now that you people have turned me into some sort of switch orientation psychopath it will haunt me until I eventually replace it with a relay bypass and tear down the original 3PDT so I can't make the same mistake when I use it again. Until then; the pedal is virtually useless to me. Even on a dark stage the led will illuminate the channel-of-shame.
You people are monsters.
You people are monsters.
Laundryroom David
Keyboard Cowboy 🤠
The correct answer is towards Uranus.
