jsimon wrote:
If you are sure yo are getting 12 volts using a voltmeter from power off the switch to ground, I would hook it back to the switch and back probe the connector on the power wire and see if the voltage drops off when you press the switch. A bad connection is the only thing that makes sense, if it worked with your jumper wire.
Bear in mind some switches are backlit and that will require power from whatever circuit lights them up. Which wouldn't have anything to do with the switch not working, however.
On the 348 the blk/red is wired windlass down. Red/blk is windlass up. Orn/blk is 'windlass in'. Gra/grn is gauge lights with Yel being return (to that circuit ground). I'm guessing that the orange wire should be providing 12v for the windlass solenoid. It's switch to either blk/red or red/blk depending on the desired direction of the windlass. Those two wires being what goes up to the windlass solenoid. So if there's no power coming into the switch then trace it back and find out why.