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I wired up one of my LED lights for a test before wiring the others. I have a on off rocker with a red light that should illuminate when the button is in the on position. There are three blades on the back. One located up top and the other two below. The LED have a red and black wire. I ran the red from he lights to one of the lower blades. The black from the lights to the ground bus. I then ran a wire from the other lower blade to the fuse box with a 15 fuse.

My problem is the light does not illuminate when on. I suspect he upper blade needs to be connected to illuminate. Should that be he wire going o the fuse box? The LED red wire would go to one of the lower blades?


In my switch cluster, the nav light switch bundle had a black and orange wire with blade (female ) connecters zip tied, but not connected. I got curious and plugged it on the top blade of my switch and it illuminated the switch but was constantly on. Not sure what they are for, but maybe some one knows.

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2010 Sea Hunt Triton 220 "Big Whiskey"
2003 FW Freedom 180 Volvo Penta 4.3GL/SX-M "It'll Do Four Now" (Sold)
2012 Avalanche LTZ 4X4

In order for the LED light in the switch to work you need a ground at the switch as well. By plugging in the orange black wire gave you your ground, but the led is on constant. You have your 12 volt fuse power wire and the the one going to the led's reversed. Swap them around and it should work right.

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Jeff

'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier


(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)

jsmon - I am not sure how the swap of the 12v (wire going to my fues box) and the LED red wire are going to power the light on the switch. Do I need a 3rd wire and where should it go?

The existing black wire obviously has power, does that mean I could eliminate the 12v for the switch as it is existing?

Here is the illuminated switch.



Here is my wiring. In this wiring mode, the switch does not light when on, but it turns the LED's on. The blue wire goes to the fuse box. The Red wire is from the LED's. The LED's have a black wire that goes into the fuse box ground bus.



Here is a shot behind the switches on my helm. Blower, Bilge, Nav/Anchor, and my new Acc for LED. I labeled the stuff.

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2010 Sea Hunt Triton 220 "Big Whiskey"
2003 FW Freedom 180 Volvo Penta 4.3GL/SX-M "It'll Do Four Now" (Sold)
2012 Avalanche LTZ 4X4

From a previous post, I believe these are Carling Contura III switches.

Here is the link for the circuit diagrams: http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/v_series ... itdiag.pdf

This link has more descriptions of the terminal numbers, etc: http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/CarlingSW_V2_3.pdf

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Terry
Current: 07 Crownline 255 CCR cuddy - 350 Mag MPI/B3 "Casi Cielo"

Previous:97 245 Sundowner 5.7GI/SX

Tow vehicle: 1986 GMC 2500 Camper Special 454/TH400

If I read the circuit diagrams correctly,
Terminal 2 is +12V from fusebox
Terminal 3 is to LED +
Terminal 7 is ground to make lighted switch illuminate.

Anybody else confirm?

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Terry
Current: 07 Crownline 255 CCR cuddy - 350 Mag MPI/B3 "Casi Cielo"

Previous:97 245 Sundowner 5.7GI/SX

Tow vehicle: 1986 GMC 2500 Camper Special 454/TH400

just switch the red and the blue wires at the switch and put the orange black wire where you had it. The orange black is a dash ground, put that where you had and switch the other 2 and it will work

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Jeff

'14 Cruisers 380 Express "Simon Sez"
Merc 8.2 Mag MPI 380
DTS B3X, (x2) Axius Premier


(SOLD)
'08 V318
Merc 350 Mag MPI 300
DTS Seacore, B3 (x2)

YES, I would try it. It sound like the power in on the wrong side of the switch. So the "light in the switch" is always on.

It is not an orange black wire there is a solid black wire and a second solid orange wire.

When I plugged the solid black wire into the top of the switch (the red and blue wire were in the lower slots) the switch light was constantly on (with the switch off or on).

Those two wires are zipped tied in with the rest of the boat wiring and appear to have come from the factory that way. My accessory switch slot had a blank plate. So I assume there was an option that my boat did not have and those two wires were for that switch?

I am heading home now and will swap the wires and see what happens.

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2010 Sea Hunt Triton 220 "Big Whiskey"
2003 FW Freedom 180 Volvo Penta 4.3GL/SX-M "It'll Do Four Now" (Sold)
2012 Avalanche LTZ 4X4

Just a thought in re-reading the responses.

Does the black wire on the LED's go straight to the fuse box ground bus? IN ADDITION to the 3 wires connected to the switch as per 97's post?

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2010 Sea Hunt Triton 220 "Big Whiskey"
2003 FW Freedom 180 Volvo Penta 4.3GL/SX-M "It'll Do Four Now" (Sold)
2012 Avalanche LTZ 4X4