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On Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9:34:29 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Friday, October 25, 2019 at 9:39:40 AM UTC-4, Michael Terrell wrote:
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 2:52:56 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Friday, October 18, 2019 at 3:04:43 PM UTC-4, Jon Elson wrote:
On Sat, 12 Oct 2019 17:57:51 -0700, MouseUser wrote:

My favorite mouse is acting up.
Buttons double-click on a single-click and sometimes do not click at
all.


try a 0.1uF across the switch contacts

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Why?


the 0.1uF provides a crude de-bounce function and also the small arc helps keep the contacts clean.



I understand that, but it takes time for the capacitor to discharge. How slow of a mouse do you want? Just replace the worn out switches, and let the software in the Mouse controller take care of debounce.e.