birdshill123 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 (edited) I was working on the cantilever rear hatch door on our Dynasty. The wire connected to the hatch door switch was all corroded and it separated from the switch . The switch connector was also corroded so I need a new switch It is not a pin switch. Somehow senses when it is parallel. Where can I buy one of these switches ? Thanks Edited July 2 by birdshill123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank McElroy Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 2 hours ago, birdshill123 said: I was working on the cantilever rear hatch door on our Dynasty. The wire connected to the hatch door switch was all corroded and it separated from the switch . The switch connector was also corroded so I need a new switch It is not a pin switch. Somehow senses when it is parallel. Where can I buy one of these switches ? Thanks If you Google "tilt switch" you should be able to find one that will work. These switches make contact when tilted in a certain position. Old ones used to have mercury sealed inside. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl_racing427 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 It could be a tilt switch or a magnetic switch. Does it have another part on the door that is adjacent to it when the door is closed? If so, that's a common alarm switch. Try to find one that's waterproof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdshill123 Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 (edited) No, it is the only switch at the rear. All the other compartment doors use common pin switches. I think Monaco used this type of switches as a pin switch would get damaged easily when doing engine maintenance Edited July 3 by birdshill123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr4Film Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 That doesn't look anything like a proximity switch nor does it look like a tilt switch similar to what they used to put on the rooftop antennas to activate the antenna up dash light. Never seen anything like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank McElroy Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 52 minutes ago, birdshill123 said: No, it is the only switch at the rear. All the other compartment doors use common pin switches. I think Monaco used this type of switches as a pin switch would get damaged easily when doing engine maintenance Yes that looks just like mine. Here are two pictures. One in the holder and one removed. Inside I can hear a mechanism that moves when I move it up and down. The holder makes the ground connection. Any other tilt switch sensor should work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cherry Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 PURE CURIOSITY ON MY PART Amazon has one. Mixed REVIEWS. Used for LED lights...one guy said that his Sub Woofer would cause the switch to VIBRATE...as the BUMPA BUMPA pulsing. I can relate to that...if I jack up the volume in my BOSE system in my Vette, the bass will stimulate and move the hairs on my legs. DO NOT GO ANYWHERE WITH THAT....LOL. The switch below requires a separate GROUND connection. Easy to DO, based on the picture. The one in Frank's appears to have a metallic ring...so when it is seated, there case or cover is GROUNDED.... Directed Electronics Inc 8623 Electronics Ball Bearing Tilt Switch NOW, I would add a PRACTICAL WORD OF CAUTION. If the switch you install is TOO SENSITIVE...then you are NOT GONNA BE HAPPY. As Frank points out, the GROUND is the circuit. SO, when the switch is lifted....the ball bearing makes a circuit. We USED to use MERCURY containing switches for such. OK...NOT good based on the toxicity of Mercury. BUT, if this one does VIBRATE...like the we have in the back of a MH, then you and your crew are gonna be UNHAPPY. The GROUND wire runs a loop and there is ONE circuit. That brings on the AUDIBLE...and the alarm in my Camelot...which HAD NONE...but there was a CHAFED wire... was ugly...even I could hear it before I got Hearing aids...not to mention that the LIGHT on the dash will flash ON and OFF. Don't know if there is a PN that someone has found as a direct replacement. NO DIMENSIONS on the Diameter. Might do some googling and find one that had dimensions and then try to get it to fit...or add a wrap or Gorilla Tape to hold it in position. A VIBRATING or TOO Sensitive switch will, IMHO...as MINE was ON (grounded) all the time... BTW... Best Buy sells what looks like the same switch, CHEAPER... and you can get the dimensions. GOOGLE it is a VOX brand...but the ALL look they came out the same factory.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdshill123 Posted July 4 Author Share Posted July 4 Thanks Frank and Tom. My switch is the same as Franks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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