Greetings:

The recent postings regarding the potential safety hazards of neoprene,
switches and motors have been sobering, to say the least, and are
greatly appreciated.

I have been working on a Seeburg coin-op player that has a knife switch
for the main power shut-off.  It's turned on by the coin, and off by a
pneumatic step-switch.  The knife is, of course, electrically hot, and
during normal operation is capable of momentarily contacting the metal
platform on which the pneumatic works.  It appears that there was never
any provision for insulating it from the step-switch.  Those of you who
have looked into the innards of a Seeburg will probably know what I am
talking about.

I don't like the look of it at all.  Have any of you rebuilders managed
an effective conversion or modification to this archaic and dangerous
switch?

Cheers

Doug Rhodes