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Author Topic: How to fix START button on TA-10? Gary A. Hoselton Film Handler Posts: 59 From: Portland OR U.S.A. Registered: Nov 2005 posted 12-29-2019 06:24 PM                     The START buttons on my two Component Engineering TA-10's are faulty. One works most of the time and the other almost not at all. The detents click OK. I see that the pushbutton switches are soldered to a circuitboard, standing off the board a bit to project properly in the black panel. Any way to make these switches happier, or are replacements available?  |  IP: Logged Paul H. Rayton Expert Film Handler Posts: 210 From: Los Angeles, CA , USA Registered: Aug 2003 posted 12-30-2019 09:11 AM                    What you are describing sounds like these switches have some corrosion or dust on the actual electrical contacts, which are inside the switch mechanism itself. You might try -- depending on what kind of access you can get -- spraying a bit of contact cleaner into the interior the switch itself. Assuming a bit will get inside, such treatment should both clean and lubricate the internal workings a bit and may thus give you more reliable response when you push the switch.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-30-2019 09:17 AM                     Component engineering is still in Biz. You might give them a shout and see if they have the parts you need. Component Engineering  |  IP: Logged

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