I usd those same switches from autozone for something on my dump truck, I think it was a beacon light. 2 of them failed after a couple weeks.

 

oh really? doesn't surprise me.more than likely made in China of course.mine are setup to just trigger relay's.no load.did you have yours on direct draw to the device?

 

I did not use a relay, I think it was for a rotating beacon light that was made to be plugged into the cig lighter. The wires were tiny so it couldn't have been pulling much current. It might have been for a work light on the back which probably should have been on a relay. It's been a few years now.

 

yeah i don't recall the amp draw rating of the things either.i would quicker guess you had them pulling a bit more than their rating,but then again with so much junk made now,i can't defend the things that much either lol!

 

Lol. I gave up on cheap discount switches... they SUCK!!

These Harmony XB4 - Schneider Electric Corporate are nice because not only are they compact, but like any industrial switch you can add or remove as many normally open and normally closed contact blocks as you need. I have a few of the rotary selector and pushbutton switches that I got from various junk that was being thrown away at work.

I also have a couple nice factory Ford air ride rocker switches from Panther cars (Crown Vic/Grand Marq/Town Car) that I snagged from the junkyard. They have a recessed rocker and accept a pigtail connection for easy removal.

As for the LED's in aftermarket switches being too bright, I have to agree. You could switch a current limiting resistor in/out on the ground side of the LED using a double throw relay operated by the parking light circuit. Then the LED would be bright during the day and dim at night.

 

Personally on our 92 f250 I have a cluster surround from a 92-96 bronco with rear window defrost. I plan to find a button that fits close to the size of the window defrost button for the lights I plan for the lights I will be putting on the bumper. The rest of the switches for lights I haven't figured out just yet.
Trav

 

Agreed, Here are mine from them

 

I like those switches... I might go with those. I think I'm going to fill that whole area with switches.

 

yeah,those are good looking switches Brad.

 

I also bought the pig tails and plug for the back of the switches as well

 

any shots of them at night? if you chose green, how does the color match the stock color of the gauges?

 

No night shots. Yes they are green but a touch lighter than the stock cluster. They also have an amber indicator light that lights up to show they are on