i am new to the forum an am having trouble understanding how a progressive slide switch box works. Can anyone help me? i need to know how i would wire this type of switch box to my lights. an how to wire the slide switch specifically.
progressive slide switch box
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iwillits said:
Welcome to the board.
A progressive slide switch lets you go from position 1 to 2 to 3 and progressively turns on more lights... A lot of people have them setup as
Position 1: Rear maybe 1 or 2 secondary lights to the front
Position 2: Front and Rear Red/Amber/Blue
Position 3: Front White and HLF
You're going to have to be way more specific with regards on how to wire the switch box to your lights... As a "professional installer" as stated in your profile, you know that you have a designated area whether it's remote from the switchbox or at the switchbox which you bring all your lighting connections to be managed usually through relays.
My recommendations would be decide which slide switch box you want to use, and then read the directions and follow accordingly. If there are still outlying questions, use the search function to see if the same question has already been asked. If it hasn't been asked then obviously ask as the forum is a wealth of knowledge.
The programmable switchboxes such as the CenCom, SmartSiren, Code 3 RLS and others can be challenging to someone who hasn't programmed them before, but for your everyday switchbox with a slide switch and 4 on off switches, the directions are usually quite clear.
charlie82 said:
I've got one Charlie listed here... 30.00 shipped... http://www.elightbars.org/forums/f16/cleaning-out-my-shed-lots-goodies-lights-updated-4-25-11-a-41/
Seth
C17LVFD said:
this is my first time with this type of switch box normally everyone has simple boxes or i do everything on an independent switch like they ask me too.
Do yourself a huge favor and don't buy a switch box that needs relays in order to operate. Building a relay setup is a huge pain in the ass. I just spent 3 hours building this setup and I'm not even done with it yet. And this is all to drive a Whelen PCCS9NP.. Not worth it!
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for everyone on the forum who sees this when i mean professional installer on my profile i mean i can do modification to ur factory equipment to give it the clean not bulky look an i can do custom applications. I am very knowledgeable in vehicle electronics an am very capable of doing this professional but with so many products out there its hard to keep up on things. A place like this is a good thing to have to share what i know with someone else an when i need help to be able to sit down an ask someone else who has experience. i am not writing this out of spite or anger im just writing this to inform the people that i come in contact with that i am fully capable an have knowledge of lights an other emergency equipment related to emergency vehicles an as we call the POV's
iwillits said:
Here's the installation manual... http://www.fedsig.com/docs/256970.pdf
Hookup whatever you want on being parked on the side of the road on position 1... usually lighting to the rear and maybe a set of secondary lights to the front... Some people put all four corners of a lightbar on position 1... It's difficult to say as we don't know exactly what type of install you're doing...
Hookup everything else except white and the HLF to position 2... IE... Lightbar... Traffic advisor warning pattern... Front dash lights, grill lights etc...
Hookup white and HLF to position 3... IE Flashing takedowns, white intersection strobes/LAWs etc.
Just a suggestion.
blue70chevelle said:
It would be a lot less of a pain in the ass if you weren't building your own jumpers. You could get some jumpers like these:
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They install like this:
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shues said:
Ooh...me likey....me going to kwikwire.com to get some. I was going to ask you where you picked those up shues, but I saw the link as I replied....
On the same note, where have these things been all my life...I think I'm in love!! :inlove: :hearts:
EDIT: I have been all over that site....and cannot find them..Shues, please tell where you get them...the closest radioshack to me is an hour and half away, so I order most of my stuff.......
I've never had to order any, but the page I should have linked you to is here: http://www.kwikwire.com/ca_terminalstrip.html
Those are very nice. Wish i would have seen those a loooonnnggg time ago. Would have save me a lot of time and headaches. Thanks for the headsup!