Night Vision How in the @#$%^&# does the PVS-14 turn off when you flip it up on the mount??
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It's this new tech called a "switch".
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It keeps charlie from seeing you walk through the jungle with your nods flipped up
Seriously I think the interface at the 14 is contacts for a generic switch. When you power the 14 on, there is appx 3 VDC across the two contact pads.
The switch can be implemented in the mount, by whatever e.g. using mercury, magnet, etc.
With the Wilcox J-Arm and bayonet G19 mount, the switch seems to be inertial and essentially driven by gravity. The switch is not in the lever, which simply re-orients the inertial switch with respect to gravity. You can demo this for yourself by attaching the 14 to the mount, power on, and then without moving the hinge, simply rotate 90º or so that the slider arm goes from horizontal to vertical: the 14 should switch off. If you listen you can hear the inertial part moving inside the bayo box. Obviously this design assumes a more-or-less upright head! But (IMO) is a good KISS solution. Your mount might be more sophisticated.
Sorry for my earlier, admittedly lame reply.
The switch can be implemented in the mount, by whatever e.g. using mercury, magnet, etc.
With the Wilcox J-Arm and bayonet G19 mount, the switch seems to be inertial and essentially driven by gravity. The switch is not in the lever, which simply re-orients the inertial switch with respect to gravity. You can demo this for yourself by attaching the 14 to the mount, power on, and then without moving the hinge, simply rotate 90º or so that the slider arm goes from horizontal to vertical: the 14 should switch off. If you listen you can hear the inertial part moving inside the bayo box. Obviously this design assumes a more-or-less upright head! But (IMO) is a good KISS solution. Your mount might be more sophisticated.
Sorry for my earlier, admittedly lame reply.
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Just a normally closed circuit switch that opens when it is flipped up or has any sudden movement. Like coryt said, tape the contacts and it won’t work, or remove it altogether and it won’t arm itself when you turn them on
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Pic one is the powered contacts on 14
Pic 2 is the contacts on j arm
Pic 3 is normally closed switch on j arm. When flipped up or moved suddenly/sharply, it opens the switch. Reset it when flipped back down or bypass it and forget about it.
Pic 2 is the contacts on j arm
Pic 3 is normally closed switch on j arm. When flipped up or moved suddenly/sharply, it opens the switch. Reset it when flipped back down or bypass it and forget about it.
Heh, magnets might seem goofy, and I'm not saying anyone actually uses them in a PVS-14 mount, but if they did, it could eliminate dependence on orientation to gravity.
I think @roostercogburn98 has a nicer, more modern mount than the G19. But demonstrates the point that switches can vary across mounts.
I think @roostercogburn98 has a nicer, more modern mount than the G19. But demonstrates the point that switches can vary across mounts.
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