HELP! Installing toggle switch for headlights
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HELP! Installing toggle switch for headlights
Hey everyone,
i need some major help here. i bought 4 toggle switches to install in place of my pullout style switch. 1 for park lights, 1 for headlights, 1 for courtesy lights, and 1 for cargo light. my toggle switches have 3 way connections on them 1 power 1 acc and one ground. after looking at the diagrams for the oem switch i figured out which wires are for the park head dome and cargo lights. my problem is when i hook them up the toggle switch light is on and the accessory is off. then i turn the switch and the accessory comes on and the toggle switch light goes off. i have no idea what im doing. i need help to point me in the right direction. anything would help. Thanks!
Mitch
i need some major help here. i bought 4 toggle switches to install in place of my pullout style switch. 1 for park lights, 1 for headlights, 1 for courtesy lights, and 1 for cargo light. my toggle switches have 3 way connections on them 1 power 1 acc and one ground. after looking at the diagrams for the oem switch i figured out which wires are for the park head dome and cargo lights. my problem is when i hook them up the toggle switch light is on and the accessory is off. then i turn the switch and the accessory comes on and the toggle switch light goes off. i have no idea what im doing. i need help to point me in the right direction. anything would help. Thanks!
Mitch
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HELP! Installing toggle switch in place of stock headlight switch.
Hey everyone,
i need some major help here. i bought 4 toggle switches to install in place of my pullout style switch. 1 for park lights, 1 for headlights, 1 for courtesy lights, and 1 for cargo light. my toggle switches have 3 way connections on them 1 power 1 acc and one ground. after looking at the diagrams for the oem switch i figured out which wires are for the park head dome and cargo lights. my problem is when i hook them up the toggle switch light is on and the accessory is off. then i turn the switch and the accessory comes on and the toggle switch light goes off. i have no idea what im doing. i need help to point me in the right direction. anything would help. Thanks!
Mitch
1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4X4 5.2L
i need some major help here. i bought 4 toggle switches to install in place of my pullout style switch. 1 for park lights, 1 for headlights, 1 for courtesy lights, and 1 for cargo light. my toggle switches have 3 way connections on them 1 power 1 acc and one ground. after looking at the diagrams for the oem switch i figured out which wires are for the park head dome and cargo lights. my problem is when i hook them up the toggle switch light is on and the accessory is off. then i turn the switch and the accessory comes on and the toggle switch light goes off. i have no idea what im doing. i need help to point me in the right direction. anything would help. Thanks!
Mitch
1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport 4X4 5.2L
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Ok thanks guys I got everything figured out for the headlight switch and now have working lighted toggle switches. Turns out easier than I thought. But now I'm adding a lighted toggle switch for my fog light switch. It has a power ground and accessory. Ground was easy. But how do I know which of the five wires used in the switch are for the power and the accessory? I currently have a blue for power black and orange for accessory and rigged up my own ground wire? I'm basing the colors off a chart from google that I looked up fog light switch wiring 1998 ram. Currently it works the fog lights are lit and the toggle switch is lit. But the fog lamp relay 1 from under the hood is buzzing. Which from my understanding happens from low voltage? Any help would be appreciated!