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bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
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2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 USW Santorini Black

Carling switch, such a thing?

Hey all

Im not sure if there is such a switch, i have a bank of Carling Contura switches in my cubby box and I'm after a Carling switch which does the following

off-on-momentry what i meant is off - on - then a spring loaded switch to return to on if that makes sense?

Basically i have 2 flashing orange hazard warning lights on my roof rack, they come with different modes of flashing (fast, slow, jazzy.....who knows?) and to change between the modes you ground one of the cables. so if there is such a switch i can turn them on and with the spring loaded switch change between the modes, not that i am likely to but may son will find it amusing. 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

16th Jun 2020 9:58am

Martin
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Member Since: 02 Apr 2007
Location: Hook Norton
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2015 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Montalcino Red

From a quick look over the datasheet, I think you want an "M" or "R" type contact body.

M has OFF - ON (2 & 3 joined) - MOM ON (2 & 3 joined, 5 & 6 joined)

R has ON (1 & 2) - ON (2 & 3) - MOM ON (2 & 3, 5 & 6). So this is an ON-ON-(ON) variant of the above.

In your application your 12V supply would go to 2, out to the bar from 3. Ground to 5, mode trigger from 6.

What the exact part number would be to match your existing switches I can't tell you though, you'd have to remove one and read the part code from it.

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

16th Jun 2020 10:07am

Daisy90

Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 845

Are you speaking in tounges 🤯🤣🤣
That stuff is all gobblygook to me

16th Jun 2020 2:19pm

excossack

Member Since: 22 Feb 2012
Location: North West
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1999 Defender 110 Td5 SW Caledonian Blue

I have similar LED units, never thought about changing the pattern as and when. Could you have a small push button on the dash to achieve this? Then use a simple on/off switch? 1999 Defender TD5 110

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John M0VAZ
Econet Station 48 no clock

16th Jun 2020 2:22pm

Martin
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Daisy90 wrote:
Are you speaking in tounges 🤯🤣🤣
That stuff is all gobblygook to me

1988 90 Td5 NAS soft top

2015 D90 XS SW

16th Jun 2020 2:46pm

blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17461

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

There's a really handy datasheet for these switches downloadable from the RS-Components website:-

https://docs.rs-online.com/42b5/0900766b81540d2f.pdf

16th Jun 2020 3:23pm

NinetyTD4

Member Since: 22 Apr 2011
Location: North
Posts: 397

Re: Carling switch, such a thing?

bear100 wrote:
Hey all

Im not sure if there is such a switch, i have a bank of Carling Contura switches in my cubby box and I'm after a Carling switch which does the following

off-on-momentry what i meant is off - on - then a spring loaded switch to return to on if that makes sense?

Basically i have 2 flashing orange hazard warning lights on my roof rack, they come with different modes of flashing (fast, slow, jazzy.....who knows?) and to change between the modes you ground one of the cables. so if there is such a switch i can turn them on and with the spring loaded switch change between the modes, not that i am likely to but may son will find it amusing.

Before digging through tons of information and checking zillions of different switches ... why don't you simply call Carling and ask? Worked for me on a similar question and they are really, really nice (even sent me the single piece I needed as a sample)! Never forget: cars have owner, Landrover have field service personnel.

16th Jun 2020 3:51pm

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

Thanks for the replies, Martin it looks like i will need an R type thanks for the info

Excossack i probably wont change them tbh but if the feature is there why not, its more of a safety feature for me i pictured myself stranded on the side of a misty motorway in uk, France or anywhere really and stand a better chance of being seen with the bright fast flashing led's.

I didn't relise RS done them! i have an account there as well

if i don't get any joy at RS, Carling it is, thats nice of them to hand out a sample! 2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

16th Jun 2020 5:34pm

Horneteer

Member Since: 10 Feb 2015
Location: Cornwall
Posts: 60

Hi Bear100

Have a look at Mud UK as they sell carling switches

https://www.mudstuff.co.uk/products/carlin...-1029.html

The rear wash wipe that I got from them is an Off-On-(On) switch but you would need to check the pins with a multi meter to make sure you get the connections right for your application as they only list the connections for the RWW setup.

19th Jun 2020 2:09pm

bear100

Member Since: 22 Mar 2010
Location: South Wales
Posts: 1921

Ahh yes a rear wash wipe would be right for the job!!

just the decal is different but I'm sure the top section is the same as the standard on on-off so can be swapped out

2016 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 TDV8
2010 110 XS Utility 2.4TDCI
2010 Range Rover Sport TDV8 (gone)
2007 Discovery HSE TDV6 (gone)
1993 110 csw 200 tdi (gone)
1994 90 HT 300 tdi (gone)
1994 discovery 300tdi (gone)
90 hybrid 3.5 v8 (gone)
Range rover bobtail 3.5 v8 (gone)

20th Jun 2020 8:07am

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