Closed Amiga 500 keyboard springs

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I need some Amiga 500 keyboard springs please. I had a doozey while handling some ?. I want the long thin type. 0.2mm thickness x 14mm long x 4.8mm wide. I only need two but a small number of extras/spares would be great. Located in Australia - shipping from anywhere is fine. Thank you.
 
As per this thread I'm willing to send you some but will wait for a couple of days in case anybody nearer can sort you out.

They're from a 500 keyboard but I'll check the dimensions as per your post above.
 
These are the ones I've got

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I believe the space bar had a longer spring and not quite so wide - I haven't got any of those but you're welcome to the above
 
Doh! They are the shorter and wider, and from my research so far, much more common type.
Mine are no good to you then :unsure:
 
I have just 1 spare A500 keyboard spring., mine is the shorter one also.
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I ended up finding and ordering some readily available 0.3mm x 5mm x 15mm springs as opposed to the stock 0.2mm x 4.8mm x 14mm springs. With the pressure testing and measuring and so on that I've done, I reckon they'll work. I'll post back here I have them and tested them as it may help other in the future.
 
I can now confirm that the springs I ordered as replacements work fine. 15mm x 5mm x 0.3mm as opposed to the stock 14mm x 4.8mm x 0.2mm. They work fine. No auto presses due to excess spring pressure acting on the membrane. Nice positive feel. Noticeably firmer feel than stock but certainly very useable.
 
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