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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 02:02 PM
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I just wired an led light bar on my front bumper and I just to change the switch. I attached pictures of the harness and of the switch. I just want to take off the switch and put just on a standard on/off switch without the light. And I don't like that it attaches with double sided tape, I want to put in a switch I can screw down
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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do you have factory fogs? are you replacing them or adding additional lights?
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 04:07 PM
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do you have factory fogs? are you replacing them or adding additional lights?
Adding additional. This is the first of three
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 04:42 PM
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I know you dont want lights, but this has worked well for me, and allows 4 devices, as long as theyre on relays.



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

not sure if its still available, but I paid $30
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 10:22 PM
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Well, I want to keep everything I have, just replace the switch. Because it came with a whole harness.
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 10:25 PM
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well if you splice back the insulation around the switch, id imagine you have a red wire and a black wire inside it. that will be 12v and ground. You then can wire those into a regular switch.
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 10:38 PM
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well if you splice back the insulation around the switch, id imagine you have a red wire and a black wire inside it. that will be 12v and ground. You then can wire those into a regular switch.
Ok, I asked cause I thought I saw three wires going into it....hmmm
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I checked, and I can see a red, black and whites wires coming from the plug on the other end from the switch
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 10:22 AM
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could you snap a pic of the other end of the wire, the connector, and its pins and where the wires go into the connector? I would think its just 2 wires, red/black, maybe white is spliced into one for the LED. snap a few pics and I can help more.
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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 10:54 AM
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Here is a picture of the wiring and plug
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hmm. would you take a picture of the end that plugs into, and the opposite end of that? sorry to make you take pics, but I cant find any pictures online that show it expanded.
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best pic I could find. Looks like switch has red being 12v batt, black being gnd, and white being relay signal. without knowing how their relay is (and assuming its standard...), you would want 12v to reach the white wire with the switch in the on position. the ground may exist just to complete the circuit for the indicator light.

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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 01:08 PM
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So, what kind of switch can I get for it? Oh yeah. On the switch there is an led that is red when it's off and green when it's on. Could the white wire be for that?
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