[Peter 100]

Rick
Thanks for the reply. Mine definitely doesn't have tapped holes just straight through. I agree that sounds best to pass wire through and a bit of solder to secure.
I did a trawl of the Internet and found a similar one done as you say.
So when the warmer weather returns i will give it a try.
Cheers
Pete

[Rick Parkington]

If there's no thread in the switch pillars, I'd say solder them Peter - but only at the top to avoid too much heat getting onto the bakelite and leave the wire able to wiggle at the bottom to avoid breakage - but if the pillars are threaded down from the top, I think it's the type that had pointed screws the fit into the holes. You push the wire so it just comes up to the top and then wind the screw with the point down the middle of the wire so it spreads the copper and jams it into the threads - bit brutal but t works!
Cheers Rick

[Peter 100]

This is the switch

[Peter 100]

Hello
Can anyone advise the best way to wire a lucas dip switch. The modern one i am taking off has screw terminals, this one only has straight holes. Do you solder the wires in?
Cheers
Peter