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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 1:52 am    Post subject: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

Hello all,



I purchased a rotary dial switch for the sirens on my ambulance several years ago. We're now looking to fit it (eventually!), but have discovered that the spring has broken.

I've tried my local clockmakers, to no avail.

Does anyone know who may be able to supply the requisite spring, please?

We measure it as 4mm wide, 550mm long and 0,3mm thick.

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I'm in South Africa. Happy to import.

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:41 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

I don't think you're talking to the right clockmakers.

Isn't there something on this list that would work?

https://timesavers.com/files/mainsprings.pdf

Look at 85035.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

Thanks coad. That's an awesome source!

We have limited supplies, here in dark Africa. Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

That is a very, very common repair for even a novice clock repairman. You must really be in a craftsman "void"
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

wheel607 wrote:
That is a very, very common repair for even a novice clock repairman. You must really be in a craftsman "void"


None of the locals have been able to assist thus far.

I'll keep on looking. Someone around must be able to do the job...
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:29 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

Not sure who/ what you have there but try an antique tin toy repair person. The wind up spring for many old toys look similar.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:38 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

WM971252 wrote:
Not sure who/ what you have there but try an antique tin toy repair person. The wind up spring for many old toys look similar.


Thanks for the suggestion.

I don't even have a clue where to find someone like that in these parts.

I'll most likely be ordering from coad's suggested link above. Smile Just confirming a few things with the local clockmaker before I order.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 10:56 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

Would it work if you bend the end over and use it shorter?
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: Help! I need a rotary dial switch spring... Reply with quote

jason wrote:
Would it work if you bend the end over and use it shorter?


My guess is that you would either have a shorter timer or that it would run to the end and possibly try to keep going?

I'd love to give you a more accurate answer, but the fact is that my father, over a thousand miles away, is stripping the mechanism on my behalf. Very Happy

I'd rather find the correct spring than rush & hack. Smile
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