Editing Xiang Min KSB series (section)

==Gallery==
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File:Xiang Min KSB series.jpg                               | KSB series switches
File:XM with LED vs Fukka.jpg                               | Green KSB-LE alongside [[Alps SKBM White]]
File:Filco Zero KSB-C switches showing numbering.jpg        | KSB-C switches in a [[Filco Zero]] showing numbering
File:Filco Zero KSB-C switches showing contact assembly.jpg | KSB-C switches in a [[Filco Zero]] showing contact assembly
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===KSB-C===
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File:Numbering -- Xiang Min vs Taiwan Tai-Hao.jpg                    | Numbering compared to [[Taiwan Tai-Hao APC series]]
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- 2012 production samples.jpg                  | 2012 production samples
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- base removed.jpg                             | Base removed
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- base with springs removed.jpg                | Both springs removed
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- upper shell with both contact plates.jpg     | Upper shell with both contact plates
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- upper shell with rear contact plate only.jpg | Upper shell with just the rear contact plate
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- base with both contact plates.jpg            | Base with both contact plates
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- base with rear contact plate only.jpg        | Base with just the rear contact plate
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- components, top.jpg                          | Switch components viewed from the top
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- components, bottom.jpg                       | Switch components viewed from the bottom
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KSB-N is very similar to the above, differing primarily in the slider colour and lack of click leaf. The upper shell does use different moulds, but the only significant difference is the smaller numbering; there is provision for a click leaf to be inserted. The base appears to be from the same set of moulds.

KSB-C and KSB-N always use north numbering, either N:A## or N:## in varying styles.

====Ducky specification====
Ducky ordered customised 55 gf KSB-C and KSB-N switches from Xiang Min. While the only change with Ducky-specification KSB-N switches appears to be the slider colour (the springs look identical), Ducky-specification KSB-C switches have a more tightly coiled spring to reduce the switch weight. The spring remains the same length.

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File:Xiang Min KSB-C Ducky spec -- assorted.jpg | Ducky-spec switches
File:Xiang Min KSB-C -- standard vs Ducky.jpg   | Standard (ivory, top/left) vs Ducky (green, bottom/right) KSB-C switches
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===KSB-N===
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File:Xiang Min KSB-N -- 2012 production samples.jpg | 2012 production samples
File:Xiang Min KSB-N Ducky spec -- assorted.jpg     | Ducky-spec switches
File:Xiang Min KSB-N Ducky spec -- top.jpg          | Single Ducky-spec switch
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===KSB-LE===
KSB-LE has a recess and leg holes for an LED.

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File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- 2012 production samples.jpg                       | 2012 production samples
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- assorted.jpg                                      | Assorted
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- top view.jpg                                      | Top view, with no LED fitted
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- base removed.jpg                                  | Base and return spring removed
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- upper shell with both contact plates.jpg          | Upper shell with both contact plates
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- upper shell with rear contact plate.jpg           | Upper shell with just the rear contact plate
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- base with both contact plates.jpg                 | Base with both contact plates
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- base with rear contact plate.jpg                  | Base with just the rear contact plate
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- base, from below and above, showing LED holes.jpg | LED leg holes in the base
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- LED in place.jpg                                  | LED in place; the switch only accepts flat LEDs, the LED depicted is unsuitable and the switch cannot be reassembled
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- components, top.jpg                               | Switch components viewed from the top
File:Xiang Min KSB-LE -- components, bottom.jpg                            | Switch components viewed from the bottom
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===KSB-C vs KSB-LE===
The following illustrations show KSB-C/N contact plates on the left, and KSB-LE contact plates on the right:

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File:Xiang Min KSB series -- front contact plate comparison, front.jpg | Front plates, front view
File:Xiang Min KSB series -- front contact plate comparison, rear.jpg  | Front plates, rear view
File:Xiang Min KSB series -- rear contact plate comparison, front.jpg  | Rear plates, front view
File:Xiang Min KSB series -- rear contact plate comparison, rear.jpg   | Rear plates, rear view
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===Crossbar design===
The design of the movable contact crossbar varies between batches and seemingly within batches. Note that both variants of the movable contact have a small cutout at the top of the stamping, which is absent in Hua-Jie contacts, proving that they are in fact not the same metal parts as those in Xiang Min switches. The stationary contacts look identical, but they are also very subtly different.

{| class="wikitable"
! Switch !! Source                                 !! Crossbar design
|-
| KSB-C  || Filco Zero FKB108ZJB (2009 or earlier) || 1 × curved
|-
| KSB-C  || 2012 production sample                 || 2 × curved
|-
| KSB-N  || 2012 production sample                 || 2 × straight
|-
| KSBF   || 2012 production sample                 || 2 × straight
|-
| KSB-C  || 2013 Ducky spec                        || 5 × straight
|-
| KSB-N  || 2013 Ducky spec                        || 2 × curved, 3 × straight
|}

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File:Xiang Min KSB series -- movable contact designs.jpg | Curved (left) and straight (right) crossbars
File:Xiang Min KSB-N -- crossbar sample.jpg              | The five switches from the 2013 pack of Ducky-spec KSB-N switches
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