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karthikrr · 10-21-2019, 05:57 PM

As some of you may know, I recently came into possession of a lovely H2O that had all its woes fixed with a 24 hour battery charge. I love this device and so want to sell my Kobo Aura (1st edition, N514). It works perfectly with the sleep cover, BUT has a broken power switch.

BROKEN. Meaning, I opened it up to fix it and soldered it back in, and it worked fine for a few weeks and then stopped again. So I opened it up again, and this time my cheap Chinese soldering iron burned a hole through the plastic and it can no longer be reattached to the board. I don't mean the red switch, but the actual component! It burned a hole on the side and the little spring inside won't stay put anymore.

I went on aliexpress and found a crazy number of "Slide Switches" available (not sure if I can post links, but just go there and search for slide switch) ... Does anybody here know any more technical details about the switch so I can order the correct one?

Thanks,
Karthik

10-21-2019, 05:57 PM	#1
karthikrr Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2019 Device: Kobo Aura H2O (N250) / Kobo Aura (N514) / Sony PRS 600	Replacement Power Switch for N514 As some of you may know, I recently came into possession of a lovely H2O that had all its woes fixed with a 24 hour battery charge. I love this device and so want to sell my Kobo Aura (1st edition, N514). It works perfectly with the sleep cover, BUT has a broken power switch. BROKEN. Meaning, I opened it up to fix it and soldered it back in, and it worked fine for a few weeks and then stopped again. So I opened it up again, and this time my cheap Chinese soldering iron burned a hole through the plastic and it can no longer be reattached to the board. I don't mean the red switch, but the actual component! It burned a hole on the side and the little spring inside won't stay put anymore. I went on aliexpress and found a crazy number of "Slide Switches" available (not sure if I can post links, but just go there and search for slide switch) ... Does anybody here know any more technical details about the switch so I can order the correct one? Thanks, Karthik