Slide switch #821

And-E-Roo · 2024-04-27T18:38:39Z

Hi,
I love DIYLC, it's helped me immensely with my guitar wiring projects.
I am unable able to get the slide switches to function correctly, though. I assume , since the manual doesn't have schematics, that the middle pin on a SPDT and DPDT switch would be the common or output, and the outer ( top and bottom) pin or pins be input or travelers. This does not work, and unless I am missing something, doesn't seem to work in any configuration I've tried. I even started on a new project with just a pickup, output jack and slide switch and both SPDT and DPDT don't seem to function correctly. Am I doing something wrong in the wiring here? I took screenshot of a wiring diagram that has 5 of the six poles junctioned together, yet still does not work unless I place the pickup lead wire on the same pole as the connection to the jack. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I'm looking forward to posting some of my own diagrams in the near future, thanks again for an amazing product!

And-E-Roo · 2024-05-12T22:31:04Z

Anybody hear them crickets?

M0JXD · 2024-05-17T23:03:36Z

Sorry to leave you hanging - please remember that DIYLC is a free project that @bancika has been working on in his free time for nearly 20 years. There isn't any customer support like commercial software.

That said he tries to help and I do too when I can, although I don't see how this is a DIYLC problem? To be honest I'm not entirely following, what are you trying to achieve with the switch?

By manual, do you mean DIYLC's manual or the manual/datasheet for the switch? Slide switches are pretty much universally wired as so:

Switches with more "poles" are activated in parallel but are not electrically connected.

Could you post/attach a diagram with the problem? As an example that might help, a very simple switching diagram for a telecaster using a slide switch could look as follows: