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Just fixed 3 push button switches on the old alarm clock. It's an oldy but goody, probably 15 years old? The small buttons that allow you to shut off the alarm and such were increasingly non-op, which made waking up each morning increasingly annoying. Alarm clocks suck, alarm clocks that don't shut up suck more.

I figured I'd need to hit it with Deoxit or something, but it turns out the buttons are just plastic pieces that press on old fashioned circuit board mounted momentary switches. I happen to have a dozen or two of those laying around, so I desoldered and swapped them all out. Now, it works 100% again! Good for 15 more years, then maybe I won't need an alarm clock.
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1980 911SC sunroof coupe, silver/black
Putting the sick back into sycophant!
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