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corando84 08-29-2006 07:13 PM

illuminated toggle switch
 
oook, i'm wiring my fogs to an illuminated switch [had regular switch before]

and it asks for a "power, ground, and load" and right now i only got the power (+)and ground (-) wtf is load?

05reverb 08-29-2006 07:20 PM

power is whatever your getting your power from, load is the fogs (in your situation), and ground is ground.

corando84 08-29-2006 07:28 PM

Thanks for quick reply:sweet:

gearbox 08-29-2006 08:44 PM

ya one wire is coming from battery to switch (power), then another from switch to power wire of device (load), then a ground to make the illumination work (ground). the switch will still work with no ground, it just wont light up.

corando84 08-30-2006 12:36 PM

finally got around to doing it, thanks a lot, works perfect now


so basically one prong powers the switch and one powers the fogs?

05reverb 08-30-2006 03:20 PM

when you turn on the switch, it connects the power terminal to the load terminal and to the + side of the led in the switch. the other end of the led is connected to the ground terminal.

gearbox 08-30-2006 03:48 PM

ya a switch would be the equivalent of you cutting the power wire and when you want it to turn on, just touch the two sides together. its just a power interrupt so that your fogs dont get constant power and stay on all the time.


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