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Door jamb switch
Don't want to buy a new switch and with shipping to Montreal it will be more than $50 dollars. This is my old one. The wire broke off at the end and I spent all day fishing the wire out.
I lengthened the wire and pulled it out through the door jamb switch hole. Problem is when you attach it to the switch as you turn the nut to tighten it it pulls the wire off the end because it's spinning with the switch. Should I solder it to the end as well? Thanks 
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06-27-2023, 12:42 PM
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When I did mine, I put the end of the wire into the metal “loop” at the end of the switch and squeezed the hell out of it with a pair of pliers. Then, for good measure, I soldered it. Maybe there’s a better way, but this worked for me.
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06-27-2023, 01:12 PM
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open the end a little and hook the wire to it.....be careful with soldering -because it is attached to a plastic shaft and it could disconnect from it..What i do is .wrap it around and with pliers squeeze it together.
Ivan
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06-27-2023, 01:13 PM
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Ivan is absolutely correct about soldering. I forgot to mention this. If you’re not super careful and over heat the switch, it will indeed melt the plastic shaft and the whole thing will spring apart. This happened to me when I first tried it.
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06-27-2023, 01:22 PM
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The metal connector was actually longer but the tip broke off so now the tip is closer to the plastic insulator. I want to try to put a spacer in the socket so it pushes the plastic pin in and hopefully it won't spin as I'm tightening it. I'm wondering how the factory did it.
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06-27-2023, 01:43 PM
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With that extra length of wire you added, I wonder if you could try this …
twist the length of wire counterclockwise so when you go to screw it back in it will uncoil clockwise with the threads and not bind up with extra tension, it’s just a few twists but it may help. I did this with a track light pendant fixture with the same dilemma of the center wire(s) would bind by twisting until breaking. Make sure the old switch till works after you get the wire affixed before going to the arduous task of trying to reinstall. |
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06-27-2023, 02:33 PM
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Got it back in, funny but I did what you suggested.
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06-27-2023, 03:55 PM
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