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rcbs204 4x4 Illuminated Switch!

Discussion in 'RCBS204' started by rcbs204, Jan 4, 2010.

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  1. Oct 9, 2010 at 9:58 AM
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    Its all good, thanks for the purchase!
     
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  2. Oct 9, 2010 at 10:00 AM
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    Never thought about YouTube, it would be pretty cool if I made a video of the Installation from Start to finish. Good call, Stay Tuned for a YouTube Channel!!
     
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  3. Oct 9, 2010 at 10:30 AM
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    I'll be looking forward to it. Emphasize B 4 and after, dark and illuminated.
     
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  4. Oct 9, 2010 at 3:28 PM
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  5. Oct 9, 2010 at 9:33 PM
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    OK so I bought on last week and have been reading all I can about how you all have hooked it up. I want to avoid the soldering route if at all possible. Having said that, anyone who wired it this way, please let me know what wires you connected to and if they dim when the dash lights dim. I sure appreciate any help you provide.
     
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  6. Oct 9, 2010 at 11:26 PM
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    You will have to solder to the contact points of the switch. However. I used Wire Taps to connect to the power supply as I wanted to avoid as much soldering as possible. As for the dimming, I can't say since I haven't tried.
     
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  7. Oct 10, 2010 at 7:09 AM
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    Thats actually not true, you can just cut off the two silver contacts, and run the wire through the back of the switch, without cutting the wires. This will then allow you to T-tap directly to the AC wiring on the last page of the procedure. When doing it this way the polarity has to change.


     
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  8. Oct 10, 2010 at 7:15 AM
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  9. Oct 10, 2010 at 7:19 AM
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    ya know Shannon.... One of these days I'm going to do this Mod....:rolleyes:
     
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  10. Oct 10, 2010 at 7:25 AM
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    Cool,
    I am currently in the middle of building 80 stock orange ones for the holiday season!!
     
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  11. Oct 10, 2010 at 7:41 AM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    How convenient! That would be the kind I would want. I'll make it a Christmas present for myself!:D
     
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  12. Oct 10, 2010 at 9:58 AM
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    So if I don't solder to the switch contacts and run the wires out the back and T tap to the AC wires - will the 4x4 switch dim with the rest of the dash? If so, that is how I will wire it. If not can you suggest a circuit that will provide this function and where I can locate the harness?
    Thanks for the help
     
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  13. Oct 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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    Nick,
    If you get power from the two wires in my procedure, the switch will dim with the rest of the dash lights.

     
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    Im just curious. How many of these have you sold now?? It was a genius idea.
     
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  15. Oct 10, 2010 at 11:07 AM
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    ^^^^ asked yesterday

     
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    yeah, i am gonna have to pay taxes on this little project, but i guess i cannot complain!!
     
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  17. Oct 10, 2010 at 5:36 PM
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    Shannon, on the last page of your instructions, am I looking at the back of the 3 switch heater/ac control panel? If so, how did you remove the panel? If this is not what you have pictured, please explain how to access the AC wire harness.

    Thanks Nick
     
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  18. Oct 10, 2010 at 5:45 PM
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  19. Oct 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM
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    Hey Nick,
    I just use a butter knife under the controls and they pop right out.

     
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  20. Oct 12, 2010 at 6:00 PM
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    So what happened to the wiring procedure that was posted in here this afternoon? There like a whole page missing?
     
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