stanz

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I thought I'd surely find my answer on here or google with a quick search but I haven't had any luck

I want to wire up my new set of PIAA 520s to a Carling Contura rocker switch. There are three wires going into the factory PIAA switch: red, white, black.

My question is simple: which is is which?
-I assume black is ground
-Which is then the power feed and which is the power out?

Thanks!
Mike

justin_4runner

well easy way is hook up the power wire to the battery and see what one has power at the harness where u want to go to ur switch, but in most cases red power, white to item u are powering and black neg.

wyoming9

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Break out your Meter

Most switches are labeled

You most often have the light wire if the switch is lit with the lights and the other 2 wires just break or close a hot wire.

if this is a double throw switch it breaks or closes two circuits

stanz

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I got it all wired up and working great this weekend. I only have one question remaining, which is a silly one... I was expecting that the on position for the Contura switch would be with the lower part of the switch depressed (this position: \ ).

Instead, it's this pattern:
-On: /
-Off: \

Everything works great and I swear I wired it correctly per the instructions and which wires are which. I'm just wondering if this is how these switches should work, or if I got two wires switched.

Thanks in advance!

nv4runner

Could you flip the switch around to work how you want it to?

stanz

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No, it's this one:
http://www.otrattw.com/proddetail.ph...J66B-AYC4S-17V

stanz

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Looks like I found my answer online. I did wire the switch correctly. For contura's on is / and off is \. Case closed.