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echristley(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject: lighted toggle switches

Bob,

I've settled on lighted toggle switches made by Lumex, with a plan to 

run all the LEDs through a dimmer circuit composed of one of those MPJA 

DC motor controllers.  Now that I'm about to put them all together, I'm 

not sure how the wiring is supposed to go.  A diagram of the switch's 

internal  circuit can be found at 

http://www.lumex.com/spec.asp?p_n=CLS-TC11A12251B    The diagram is on 

the lower right of the page.



I thought that the switched circuit would be between the POWER and 

GROUND terminals, and I would connect my dimmer power line to ACC.  I'm 

now thinking that the switched circuit will be between POWER and ACC, 

and that I will have to modify the motor controller to cycle a 

transistor that grounds the GROUND tab to dim the LEDs.    Can you 

please set me straight?

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vhimsl(at)adelphia.net
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Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:44 pm Post subject: lighted toggle switches

Hello Ernest,



Examining the Lumex schematic, you run +12 VDC to the 'power' input, the ACC

pin to the device you wish to control, with the device going to ground.



You would connect the dimmer to the ground of the LED ground (adding

resistance to dim) and then ground the other side of the dimmer.



I too wish to use lighted LED switches (they make so much sense). However

looking at the switch wiring, it appears that the LED only lights when the

switch is in the 'ON' position. I want the LED lights to be lit when they

are off as well so I can find them in the dark.



Vince 

RV8-Finish



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