8 Gang Switch Panel - Auxbeam/Amazon

Not sure why my camera was picking up the blue lights like that lol….just waiting on my sister in law to make new stickers with the cricut.

 

Is it really possible to make stickers with a cricut? Do they fit? I bought my girlfriend one a while back. Maybe I should hit her up for some custom stickers!

 

Honestly I have no clue, I showed her what I needed and she said she could try it! In theory you just need little black squares and then you could crop each corner. The hard part is getting transparent lettering. But I just want a white one word sticker such as “ditch” “pods” etc to put on top of the black square.

But yes they make stickers I just know it’s finicky with the program to make certain ones!

 

Taking orders?

 

How is yours holding up? Mine warped and the clips loosened from the heat in my truck.

 

Mine is doing okay so far, but I park in a garage during the week, so maybe not as much heat?

 

hey guys I’m new to the forums. Had to make an account because I’m not getting any power to my panel and I have the same switch panel as the pictures above. I connected the white wire to the red wire and connected them both to an Add A Fuse and tapped into one of the fuses for the acc. If anyone could help me out. I have zero idea about electrical wiring other than positive and negative wires lol any help would be appreciated

 

Pics?

Also, welcome to TW!!

 

White wire? What white wire? Can you send a picture? Did you check that fuse in the add a fuse isn't blown?

 

sorry guys still new to this and thank you for the welcome!

 

I've had this switch panel on my truck for roughly a year. I bought the cubby insert(link below) for the switch panel to mount left of steering wheel. I wired the add a fuse to the headlights so I can still use the switch panel with the vehicle turned off. I do a lot of camping and night time activities and I use my lights often. If you wire it to turn on with the truck you'll have to have the truck on to use the switch panel, which in my opinion defeats the purpose of this switch panel.... but each their own.

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If you have the same switch as me, the red wire is to power the panel with the switches. The white wire is to change the dimness of the panel lights. So you touch the white wire to a positive power source to change the brightness. I don't think it should be connected to power the whole time. I wired my white wire to a temporary switch (like you would use for a horn). This way when I hit the switch/button, the panel lights dim or go brighter.
You need that red wire to be connected to a positive power source. I wired mine to the ACC fuse (with an add-a-fuse) inside the truck. You can add it wherever you want.

 

You could always wire it straight to the battery. But then your panel will always be on.
Or you could add a switch in between the battery and the panel wire.

 

That's actually a good idea to have a switch

That's not a bad idea. I have a bluesea fuse box for everything that doesn't need an independent switch (GMRS, fridge, etc) and the switch board is for lights, air horn, and eventually my on board air once I get it all hooked up.

 

My on board air has a 50A built in circuit breaker. I had it wired to the fuse panel but the 30A wouldn't even hold. So I just hardwired it. My board is 30A max (per switch) and a 60A breaker for the whole thing.

 

good to know, I guess I'll just hardwire it and manually turn it on when needed.

 

Mine has a toggle switch on it. I just wired it to the panel for fun. Only lasted like that for one wheeling trip lol

 

Howdy y’all, super new to this, just picked up one of these and am having an issue. Seems like everything is wired up right, I have the add a fuse in the engine bay, I believe tapped in to the IG1 no. 2 space, so that the switch panel isn’t constantly on. Everything works, but now the 15 am fuse for my fogs keeps blowing and I can’t use my fogs. Any help with this issue? I have. 2015, so far just some ditch lights wired up in spot 2, on the panel.

 

Before you put in a new fuse for the fog lights, clean the insert before inserting fuse. Also make sure it's supposed to be a 15 am fuse. I had something similar because I tried a few fuses and accidentally put a 5amp for the head unit and it kept tripping, turns out it needed a bigger fuse than the 5amp I wrongfully put in... lol. rookie mistake on my behalf

 

It’s definitely a 15a fuse in that spot. It’s just so strange, it blows every time and now one of my
Drl lights is out. Going to try and run the tiny red cord into the cab and try the acc fuse location.