dual switch wiring?

[Flex]

Hi all. I bought these new switches the otherday and im not 100% sure how to wire them in.

I've attached a photo. On the front of this thing is 2 switches so im wiring my Sounder and bilge into it.

So left hand side is my sounder and right is my bilge. any electrical savy people out there help me out?

I think the top red wire is power from battery, piggy back terminal is for sounder/appliance. but im not sure on the rest..and what are the bottom 2 terminals for? fuse extensions?

any help would be great.

[coucho]

mate your switch will have an "in" and an "out" I think the top will be a "dumb terminal for looping. so power sould come direct from you battery to the top of each switch and from the bottom should be going away to the appliance it is desired to operate the piggy bas are most likely also there to loop active power with. you can also wire them back the front and run two appliances from one switch. altough this is a guess without the circuit diagram for the switch and the being able to see the terminal lables of the switch.

[Hamish73]

I am guessing the switches are Illuminated?
If so:
Redd to 12v+ (use a large wire - will have to supply current to pump)
Black to -ve small wire is OK, only for lighting
Attatch +ve of sounder/pumps etc to QC terminals on the switch

[Flex]

yeah the switches have little LED's in them.

[driveon]

Hi Flex, going on the picture you have posted I’ll take a guess and say the red and black wires are the earth wires for each LED and do not have to be connected if you don’t want the LEDs used.

The crimp terminals connected to the top pins of each switch are double terminals and there is a male terminal on each. This is your switched out put to what ever you want to control.

The unused male terminals on the bottom of each switch is your battery positive input.

Cheers

[Hamish73]

after reading drive ons post I think his answer is correct. Maybe except for the red wire coming out of the top, which is a strange one.

[driveon]

Hi Hamish, again just based on taking a guess, the two loose wire are coloured differently so you can tell which LED is to be powered ( left or right ), mind you the RED does seem to be a strange colour to use on an earth wire.

[Flex]

Thanks all for your replies.
I found some instructions on how to wire this switch but they are not that clear.

1) Connect positive from battery to connector supplied with panel

2) Fit panel backlight negative(black) to negative stud/buss bar

3) Connect positive from appliance to the piggy back terminal on the selected switch.

4) Fit negative from appliance to negative bussbar.

Thats it.

Heres a dodgy pic I did up in paint to how I THINK its meant to go.
But Im still not 100% sure on how to hook up the loose red and black wire.
I assume they are backlight power wires?...do I hook em directly to positive and negative on my battery? I assume that if thats the case then I would be drawing power from the battery when the switch is turned OFF?.. so maybe I could wire em onto the positive wire of the appliance so the LED only comes on when the switch is on?...

Anyhow thanks alot for all your help so far.

[Hamish73]

its hard to tell from the pic.
Was there any documentation with the switch>?
If you live anywhere near Wynnum u can bring it round and I'll run a multimeter over it and tell you what goes where.

Even if the lights are wired directly to battery (via a fuse of coarse), they will only draw power when the switch is on

[bignense]

If the top things are LEDS then both the red and the black are connected back to the negative terminal on your battery and the rest is wired as in your diagram.

[seastorm]

From what I can tell from photos everyone is correct so far, As for the LEDs they need a + and a - for them to work which makes it strange for one to have a red wire on it, the only answer may be that some radios have a + as a ground and not a - , if this be the case you would be switching the - via the switch not the +. Just watch out because some electronics are + - sensitive (will only work one way). Good luck, buy a six pack of beer and 10amp fuses and sit down and have some fun