OTRATTW wiring questions

Alright. I spent a good 3 hours trying to wire my light bar up tonight. And I never got past wiring the lower led on my OTRATTW switch. So here's my question. I spliced into the light circuits off of the factory TCS button. NOW I know there's gotta be some way to make it work but the question I have is, I never dim my interior lights, can I just use a add a circuit in the dash light fuse (fuse#2 on inside panel) and splice off multiple power wires to run the lower LED? Same with the ground, run a single ground wire in through firewall and splice multiple wires off of it for the grounds on the switch? I'm a Complete wiring noob and just know the basic terminology.

 

Come on I know someone out there knows something about these switches

 

Drew this for someone a while back. Might help some just have to modify where you draw your power from. Also omit the Blue Sea fuse box.

 

I want to run it so I can use the bar all the time, so that would be the #2 lead going straight to the truck battery correct
And the #6 lead, can I tap it into the dash light fuse on the interior fuse block? I tried splicing into an already existing dash light wire and it didn't work.

 

#2 could be fused and run to the battery. #6 you could just tap into one of the power outlets if you don't want the dimming ability
Just as easy to do it right though and be done.

 

Sub'd. I need so much help, its not even funny. But @medic2230's picture is helpful.

 

Well I finialy got it done. What I ended up doing was this.

#2 #6- jumped together to an add a circuit going to the parking light fuse in the instrument cluster fuse box

#8 #7- jumped together running to the main chassis ground in the engine bay

#3- to relay

**FUN FACT**
The Bussman 30A add a circuits that can be found at autozone need two fuses in them to work properly, had I known that It would have took half the time to install this light bar.

Light bar alone


Light bar with high beams


For reference the bush in the center of the picture is ~25 yards away, the shed ~15 yards

I think next on the light list is ditch lights, I want some more spread for driving on the deer ridden Indiana back roads.

 

Ok so it sounds like my dilemma was your problem. I just recently added reverse lights, ditch lights, and a 50' light bar. Im using 5 pin rocker switches and have everything wired up and all is correct, with the exception of how to get the bottom of the switch to illuminate as that is the only pin(#6) I don't have wired up. I ve been trying to get an answer for a while now and keep getting told the same thing. to splice into my dash light to illuminate my bottom led on the rocker switch. Im not comfortable with splicing into my wires at this point in my wiring abilities. I keep asking if I can run a tap a fuse to illuminate the bottom of the rocker switch. If I understand your initial question that was what you were asking and what I understood you to had figure out and post on post #7. If I am correct and have understood you can you post a picture to where you ran the tap a fuse to in your fuse box?
Thanks for your help and forgive me if I totally misunderstood.

 

Hey sorry it took me so long to get back on here lol. I've been really busy. I don't have a picture but I will take one when I get out of school today

 

No problem. Life happens. I got it figured out now. Thanks though

However might be good to still post, if you still want to take a picture. It might help someone else down the road.

 

using the "TAIL" fuse slot would provide power to the LED in the switch when you turn on the park/head lights.