Simple Question - N64 official switch

[TitaniumHamster]

Does anyone know the type of switch
this

is?


I want to replace it with a new shiny plastic one on the exterior of my case.

I'm sure it's a HTPI or HTPO or some other crazy abreviation that doesnt make sense to me, I just need to know which one it is.

[*o*]

go buy a spst switch and hook it to the n64's ground and mount that on the outside of ur case...

[daguuy]

it's a 4PST. it has 4 pairs of pins that switch on and off.

[TitaniumHamster]

it's a 4PST. it has 4 pairs of pins that switch on and off.

thanks so much!

Wait, are you sure it isnt a 4PDT?

[timmeh87]

even though it has 4 poles, it switches the 3v line 3 times, which isnt really nessecary. you only need a dpst.

[usbcd36]

Well, it IS necessary (since the switch can't handle the amperage), but if you get a better switch (at least 2 amps), you could do that instead.

[timmeh87]

ive seen much smaller switches that can take 10A @ 120v, i dont think current is an issue. i think they just needed something to do with them so they figured "eh, lets just connect it a bunch of times"

[Corscaria]

I agree it probably does have to do with the amperage. Manufactures are likely to choose the cheapest parts they can source. While there are much smaller switches than can handle much higher amperages just fine, there are even larger switches than can handle even less. It has to do with the quality of the materials used to make the switch.

Its quite possible that with the materials used, the switch could handle 2A just fine if it were a DPST, but then manufacturers are always conservative with the specs of the parts they make, in order to minimize returns. Nintendo is likely to just follow the specs rather then test the rating of the switches themselves.

[Krepticor]

you could jump the wires and then have a SPST on the 7.2v line then have the 3.3v converter hardwired in