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Terryt



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Electrical puzzle
Evening chaps .. I have a tad of an electrical puzzle..
I’ve wired up my carling switches and all working ok .. except the illumination with side lights on ..

I’ve connected to one of the light circuits and have power to the leads for the switches..run a daisy chain link to all switches all have power yet nothing on the switches as in no light .
I’ve run a power cable to the switches and they all work ..
So I can’t work out why nothing from the cable that has power ..
?
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kmac



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Has each switch got an earth also? Need that for the switch illumination to work
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Terryt



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Morning .. yes mate each switch is earthed ..
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dorsetsmith



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So many type carling switches and wiring lay out witch type you using. i got court out wired switch only find out that it had illumination wire inside the switch
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Terryt



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It’s a five pin carling.
On off eu switch
Pin 8 is side light when I put 12 v through it the light lights
However have connected the side lights and have power yes the switches don’t light up .


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Post #920209 6th Sep 2021 10:33am
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dorsetsmith



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i can not find carling eu switch type but carling contura V type look to match it

your switch have two Led pdf for lamps circuit and switch circuit

circuit code 1 shows on and off switch pin out (have looked at your switch pic with 2 and 3 linked ? )


https://www.defender2.net/gallery/albums/u...le0017.PDF


now having looked at lamp circuit D/4 with circuit code 1

a link to hole carling switch Catalog PDF 50mb see below

https://1drv.ms/b/s!AtZSoWFHDgnGlkwLcd6OadeQIKvk?e=uhsjVk
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Terryt



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Here is the wiring information . Yes and sorry it’s a cordura . It’s wired as per the first one.where 3 is linked to 2 and 8 is the live light feed .
As I’ve mention the switches work as they should .. apart from the internal light . If I put a live feed to 8 the green illumination light works .
I’ve linked the live feed for the lights to the dash I’ve power all along the daisy chain of wire but when I attach it the green light doesn’t come on .. hence my puzzlement.
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dorsetsmith



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your not the one with head scratching switch problem

https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic64169.html
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dorsetsmith



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I see mud switch or Censored clones

I had them before with LED fitted a round the wrong way in side switch Banging Head


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Post #920257 6th Sep 2021 4:27pm
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Oldsalt



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Had a similar problem recently adding a rear wash wipe switch. Just couldn't get the switch illumination to work UNTIL I remembered that LED light are precisely what they are called - DIODES and so need the connections the correct way for there to be light. The feed for each lamp needs to be going to the correct side of each lamp (if they are daisy chained it would only need one to be wrong to take them all out).

Sorry if stating the obvious but it confused me for quite a while.
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dorsetsmith



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in light Old salt Thumbs Up saying and two pints Sandford Devon mist Thumbs Up recheck your wiring to dash illumination

and to your switches re Pos and ground





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if have ground and 12v + swooped between pin 8 and 7
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dorsetsmith



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lamp circuit code G/7 and circuit code 4 plus adding wire link pin 2 and 3 for uk spec

https://www.defender2.net/gallery/albums/u...819115.pdf
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Terryt



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Thats what I have mate .. all wired and working except the interior light ..
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dorsetsmith



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Is this wire going to ground from pin 7 Question


if not, it will let the switched led will work as it will ground thro dash lamp filaments with out dash lamps power but when power up the dash lamp no ground will be present at the switch for LED
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Terryt



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Morning mate . Yes this is ground via neg on the light
Post #920318 7th Sep 2021 7:23am
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