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09-24-2018, 05:41 PM
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Illuminated light switch?
I have the attached panel in my new RV. The switch to turn the lights on for the camper is the one on the bottom-left. In the dark it can be a nuisance to try and find. Is anyone aware of a switch I could swap it with that would be illuminated when off? I know they make such things for household switches as we have a couple.
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09-24-2018, 06:07 PM
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Just a thought here but perhaps less expensive and permanent, some fluorescent 'touch up' paint? Maybe even commandeering something from the DW's nail polish stash?
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09-24-2018, 06:16 PM
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How about a stick on light, battery, LED last a long time and less than $10 at Walmart/Home Depot. You can get a lighted switch from a hardware/Amazon/Auto Zone, but it need a separate live power source/wire to light the switch light.
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09-24-2018, 06:26 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I don't want to have to light something separate to see it. At that point I'll just find the switch. Assuming the switch is a simple open/close type of switch there is power to it, just only on one side of the switch. I believe the way the lighted-when-off type of switch work is they use the ground to complete the circuit when off as it's such a low current. I would assume something similar could be done here with the right type of switch. I was just having trouble finding one, which may be because such a thing doesn't exist.
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09-24-2018, 06:40 PM
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Google lighted rocker switches.......I changed all in my panel
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09-24-2018, 06:46 PM
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The switch you are looking for is quite common. I have a spare in my tool box. I get them from Bontrager's Surplus store near White Pigeon, MI. They have bins full of these switches and anything else RV related.
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09-24-2018, 06:49 PM
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Got mine in Quartzsite.....guy had a big box full of them.....$1 a piece and they all work
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09-24-2018, 07:03 PM
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I think you guys are all referring to standard illuminated rocker switches which light up when the switch is ON. I want it to be lit when the switch is OFF.
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09-24-2018, 08:59 PM
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This is the only thing I can find and I think it may actually work better:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...KIKX0DER&psc=1
This will give me a bigger button to press (I'll put it into one of he larger blank spots I have on my panel) and I can use the current switch to toggle the power to this switch so I can turn off the power to it completely as to not drain the battery with the light if I really wanted.
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09-24-2018, 10:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by syntax53
I think you guys are all referring to standard illuminated rocker switches which light up when the switch is ON. I want it to be lit when the switch is OFF.
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Only the 12V+ wire is switched there is no ground wire to the switch. Perhaps a triple throw switch would work IF you ran a separate ground wire to it.
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09-30-2018, 04:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by syntax53
This is the only thing I can find and I think it may actually work better:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...KIKX0DER&psc=1
This will give me a bigger button to press (I'll put it into one of he larger blank spots I have on my panel) and I can use the current switch to toggle the power to this switch so I can turn off the power to it completely as to not drain the battery with the light if I really wanted.
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Success. Exactly what I wanted:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AI4...ew?usp=sharing
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