WTB Bright illuminated tailswitches

Nice Iā€™ll be waitinf

Love the rainbow tailcaps and trimmer adjustment. Iā€™ll definitely be in for 2 of those.

Yep Iā€™m in the queue too! :+1: That rainbow one is fantastic, so is the other lol.

Iā€™d be ok with a spring to solder so Iā€™ll have a look, thanks.

I will set up my sales topic in the next few days

Rainbow would be perfect for my colored S41S :slight_smile:

Why doesnā€™t it work, do you know?

Okā€¦Soooā€¦Those werenā€™t turnkey so where are the lead wires supposed to be soldered to (which Iā€™ll have to have someone else solder)???

I find this thread after just buying these

https://www.banggood.com/Astrolux-SCSS-BLF-X5X6-Flashlight-Lighting-Switch-For-DIY-p-1102279.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN

The rainbow ones look very cool.

Positive wire gets to the tube contact
negative gets to the spring
replace washer with board and just connect to to both switch connections

I guess it could be made to fit as it is close. Diameter is the problem, I think it would fit nicely otherwise. However, myself, Iā€™m not willing to file down the switch nor open up the threads in the tail.

I will soon offer ILC-1 kit without brass ring at significantly lower price than assembled ILC-1, top and bottom pcbs have 16.5mm diameter , so such "ringless" ILC-1 should fit in more lights (brass ring is not really necessary, but without it switch and top pcb should be glued to prevent twisting).

Aah, that makes sense why the brass ring is there :beer:

I canā€™t see the images
Thatā€™s how I see them

Try againā€¦

Did it work?

If not - itā€™s just a pic of some measuring calipers in the tail cap and on the switch. ID of tail cap = 18.05mm OD of switch = 18.19mm

Howā€™s do you get to the spring when the board the switch is mounted on, is between it?

I see you didn't remove kapton tape from brass ring?

both contacts are on the switch

Doh! Good eyes led4. Without the tape it measures 18.08mm. I guess I could force it but since I donā€™t want the switch in that light Iā€™m still not going to ā€¦

Depending on the machining it might well fit in other E14ā€™s / S41ā€™s :question:

I don't have any of those lights, are tailcap parts compatible with Convoy(especially threads)?