How to Wire MULTIPLE 12V LED Rocker Switches [Simple Guide and Wiring Explanation]
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- Quick and simple How to Wire 12V LED Rocker Switch - Simple Guide and Wiring Explanation. In this how-to video I how you How to Wire multiple 12V LED Rocker Switch. 💲Rocker Switches amzn.to/3dkH6h2 There's a bunch of different LED Rocker Switches out there, sometimes called Carling Switches and they vary between 2, 3 ,4 5, 6 and even 7 pins!
In this simple guide video I show you any easy explanation of how to wire up a 12v LED Rocker switch so you can get on with powering up your new Lightbar, spot lights, pump, camera or whatever else you are powering. Enjoy :)
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Finally! A tech guy speaking clearly and succinctly. Thanks mate, well done
Thanks mate 👍
Great video, exactly what I was looking for to wire the rocker panel. Now on to learn how to wire the relay. Thanks
Wow he made it look so easy. Brought my confidence up
Just what I needed! Replacing 8 rocker switches on a 1998 Armada deck boat. Your video and clear narrative put things together for me. The only difference in my situation is placing a breaker between sets of 2 switches.
Thank you for taking your time to share your knowledge with the rest of us!
I was wondering the same thing, I saw another video where the guy split the power between the 4 switches he was wiring up.
Excellent! I'm going to be doing some switches in my boat and this was the best spent 10 minutes so far!
Your method of daisy-chaining is awesome!
Brilliant! You’ve just given me my next project.
Brilliant. I now know how to reduce my wires. I have a 1000 coming from all my switches so now I can just have one. Cheers
Wow been struggling all day with my switch upgrades now I have the answer many thanks
I loved how you just stripped the wire to daisy chain things. I was definitely about to cut the wire. That's why I always try to watch a few videos on the things I'm about to do. I'm replacing all the switches in my boat. Could you possibly do a video on how to wire a double pole/double throw switch? Up position would be just the red/green nav lights. Down position would be all three nav lights, red/green nav lights and the white stern light.
Thanks for the comment - that's basically the core reason I started this channel... I really enjoy researching new skills and finding out how to do x task, then sharing with others who might be about the tackle the same job! I reckon it's totally worth the hours of effort in putting these together :) Re the video suggestion, thanks, will add to the list :) p.s Good luck with the boat!
The daisy-chain technique is a DUH moment and BRILLIANT at the same time. WHY I never thought of that is my duh moment. Thanks for that simple but powerful tip! I subscribed and set notifications. Will be checking out your other videos.
This is the best video on this because most people don't understand that they can wire the bottom LED lights off their dash lights so they are not always on.
Also, if you connect the positive of the LED with positive going to your auxiliary/relay, both lights will come up only when you press the switch. That's what I did.
Not nearly as intimidated as I once was. Single wire daisy chain is quite a helpful and efficient trick. Thx.
I have 4 2 channel lights on my role bar on my truck so I'm wiring 2 switches 1 for the running lights and 1 for the flud lights this was so helpful in understanding thees switches thank you so much
Glad I watched this one I would of got it , but this way was better than my plan
I’m no sparky but I’ll give installs like this a crack any day. Love to see tips with the daisy chain and using the same wire as you did. Might seem obvious to others but I’m sure I’d make life hard for myself and have spaghetti wires everywhere!
Great vid man!
Cheers! Glad it helped
Wow - incredible video! Thank you SO much for this! I'm doing switches in a 1971 Volkswagen Buggy/Kit Car and this awesome info will be put to some fun use! Great work
Great video. Never would have thought to use that technique for the daisy chain. Cheers!
using the switches to operate log loader, coal loader, horse car and log unloader on a 75 year old Lionel Train set. thank you
Very helpful thank you I will be wiring lights and speakers in my side by side.
If your only using the switches as a signal wire to a relay could you daisy chain all the positives together and run it off a dash light wire to then shut the whole thing down once the key is off ( talking side by side situation) cheers.
Thank you so much. You made this easy for me. I am running hood mounted lights that are ditch lights and also amber lights and than I am also running a air horn.
Welcome!
would love to see a video on a 3 way rocker with 7 pins
Thanks for the suggestion, will add to the list 😁👍
Thanks ! I don’t know anything about electrical! I’m trying to use it to power my lights on my pelican bass raider 10e! I pray this works!
Good luck :)
That daisy chain method is brilliant,
G’day Adam ! Really enjoying your vids. I don’t know how often you check back on (older) vids, re: Comments. You wanted to hear about (our) Applications, and at the risk of being Wordy, here goes:
2003 Ford CamperVan switch panel in cockpit, two panels in cabin, and one at rear doors.
I have a ‘habit’ of overusing Relays, in the aftermath of a vehicle fire some Decades past. My brother insists that the habit is ridiculous.
Next, I have a pretty strong (distrust) of Chinese-produced wire products due to their proliferation of using CCA (copper clad aluminum) wire, as opposed to Better, Safer, more expensive true Copper.
As it pertains to wire panels, I appreciate that you’re daisychaining using Your wire instead of oft-supplied, cheap #20 wire. My biggest question here is about power & loads in relation to daisychaining.
Is it Safe to daisychain Grounds if each switch has varying amperage loads ?
Is it Safe to daisychain the 12V switching feed in to say 6 switches, when/if more than one switch might be ‘on’ at same time ? Any changes to Fusing, wire size ? If you increase Fuse, doesn’t that create a risk if one switch fails during ‘on’ when chained to other ‘on’ switches ?
The output To the end destination, do you always feed a relay from that line ? Several of my components are in the 30A range (driving, fog lights, …).
I suppose my confusion centers around which legs should be fused, and how to protect switches, wire, etc when daisychaining ?
I anticipate a small added fuse block somewhere in the cockpit to cover stereo components, and switch panels; but even those have current limitations. If I’m feeding straight 12V to that (added) block, out to switch, then daisychaining is moot, no ?
Cheers !
That is outstanding very well explained and I will be installing switches in my Jeep with a lot more confidence, thank you so much for the tutorial Keep the videos going we can learn so much from a good Tech. Thanks mate
Glad it helped!
great vidio, going to put on 5 rockers on my side by side
Great video! It gave me an idea for my project. Looking forward to getting it done. Thanks
Thanks again Adam, after buying the 4WD Supercenter Adventure Kings 12V control box I found out (and many others) the rocker switches were not powered up. I'm hoping this video can help us all. 4WD Supercenter wouldn't answer peoples questions on how to do it. So Ill let you know how I go. Cheers Champ.
Awesome video, that will save a lot of wire. thanks so much for your time to share
Thanks a lot , like the daisy chain technique ? I guess the same process can be used for running multiple penny lights ! (3/4) round lights !
Outstanding detail and instructions. Most do not know what daisy chaining is and you simplified it perfectly! Maybe incorporate relays to the load next time for us all????
Thanks mate appreciate the comment 👌 Good idea with the relays, will add to the future vids list 😁
I bought the same switches for my camping trailer operating 8 led yellow lights, 1 6"x4" led cooking floodlight and 2 front and back white reverse sml flood lights.
Great instruction. I'm wiring up a 5 switch box for my RTV SxS, which includes a USB charger and volt meter. To prevent parasitic drain, I want to put the USB and voltmeter on the last switch so it has to be on for them to work, and then can shut off when not in use. I also want to wire the small LED indicator lights to this switch so they come on when the switch is on too as it would be the first one I turn on. It is a bit of a puzzle. Then I'll change switches to use a whip switch, and ground light switch in there places,
Love the video, thanks! It would drive me nuts to have the voltage display upside down to the other switches though
G'day, these things are so painful, but useful nonetheless! Thanks for this tutorial and the previous. I really liked your simple way of ganging the spade terminals. Now to work out which pin is which on my 7 terminal momentary switch, tho I guess one side is lights and the other is load? Cheers mate.
Thanks mate! Sounds right for your 7 pin.. night have to do a vid on it :)
Lot of help. Thank you!!!
Simple, direct, very useful !!
Great video, I would like to know the little things also such as what gauge wire are you using and how do you hook the wire to the gauges so that they come on when your gauges come on? Do you use a t-tap and tap in somewhere? Also do you have to run the wires to the battery the positive and negative or can you use an expandable circuit and go to your fuse box and run the negative to a bolt to the metal frame? Things like that
You only have one wire going to your devices. What do you do with the negative wire. great vid by the way,very clear and easy to follow. cheers Gordo
You would just ground the negative wire from your device, just depends on your application
Ground it back to the battery. The application is a 12v water pump.
Great video man!
Very helpful to and clear details. I'm happy your here.
Glad it was helpful!
Beautiful presentation
Good video
Thanks
I like how easy it is set up. I want to make one myself but have one as a main power supply for the rest and make the others turn on and off with that switch, what would you recommend.
Nice video shot, thanks for sharing it :)
What a great way to daisy chain connections. I had never thought about stripping a wire bare anyplace other than at the ends. Many thanks for that great tip. Question about that USB receptacle, what voltage are you getting out of it" Isn't is supposed to be 5v ? Where did you find it? I have Carling Contura II switches all through my Class A motor home.
Thanks 👍 Re the USB for these from Amazon, they're designed for 12v systems so there must be a step down or something in there. They've turned out to be super handy as that switch pod is right where my phone is on its cradle so easy to keep charged :)
@@VideoShowMeHow Many thanks for the quick reply. I just tried doing a search on Amazon but couldn't pull one up. What are they actually called? Do you have a link to them that you could share?
@@MonacoMike will update the description :) www.ebay.com.au/itm/AU-Car-Dual-USB-Charger-4-2A-12V-24V-Lighter-Socket-Power-Adapter-Blue-Voltmeter-/313202820820?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292 or www.amazon.com/dp/B088WV4PWN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_7-SYFb4PTQDVZ
This was a great tutorial for making daisy chain jumpers, especially for doing the inline insulation removal to make it one continuous wire. I do have a question with regard to your (+) output wire from your switch to power your device/load. Since you have your single (+) & (-) wire leads to go to your source of power (battery) and the single output wire coming from the switch to go to your load i.e. a light bar. Where do you ground/earth your light bar to? Typically lights have a black (-) and (+) wires to power them. If you have one (+) coming out of the switch to connect to the red wire on the light, where do you connect the black wire on the light. Lets give the example that you have a light bar at the back of your vehicle and you switch panel is at the front of your vehicle. You are running a single (+) wire from your switch output to your light bar (+) wire. You still have a black wire on you light bar that needs to go to ground/earth. Ideally vehicle batteries (-) are grounded to the frame. Are you just finding a bare metal area, frame/body/nut/bolt to attempt to find ground/earth to to complete the circuit. I am making a switch panel out of a plastic project box and plan to have a single (+)(-) source "IN" and daisy chained to 6 switches much like you have, and then having a cable gland with the 6 (+) switch outputs coming out, but im curious about what to do about all the load/device grounds/earths. Granted i am able to find a nut or bolt near by with ground/earth continuity to the frame, is that all i have to do? Or should take that main (-) coming in to my box and and daisy with eye connector over to a threaded stud in the box to make a ground/earth stud and secure with a nut, and then take 2 eye connectors and twist 3 wire lengths together and crimp in each connector and then fasten to the ground/earth stud, and run the 6 (-) wires out of the cable gland with the 6 (+) wires? i hope i made any light of sense. Thanks for your time and any advice you may have.
Hi, yes in most cases you can earth to the chassis/body
@@VideoShowMeHow Thanks for the quick reply… I’ll see what I can do about grounding to an aluminum rack 😂😂😂
@@GatorOverland haha yes maybe not to the rack 😁
This is Sweet love it 👍👍✌️
Could you also incorporate a Seven Pin Switch tutorial ? Cheers !
Thanks for the suggestion, will add the list! :)
@@VideoShowMeHow 7 pin
Great content. Very helpful. Is there a way to have the icon lit up in the dark instead of the “dash” light on. When I’m in the dark and have a row of switches, it would be nice to know which one I’m flipping on. So the icon is lit up before your accessory is actually turned on. Thanks again for the content.
Yes, you could just swtich around the dash light feed
Awesome video, thank you!
the dash light I am assuming is a hot ? can I run it into the fuse box with a fuse tap for the headlights?
This video is absolutely amazing thanks 🙏🏻
Great video. If using a relay instead of going to the accessory a wire would go from the switch to the relay correct?
Yes
@@VideoShowMeHow Thanks. I did get thrown a curveball though. My Rigid lights came with 3 wires. I know red positive black ground where do I run the white wire???
So very helpful, thanks
Going to use mine for a 1970 duster drag car going to power the reverse and air shifter. Have another switch panel from race wire salutations for fuel pump fan water pump starter lights
Nice
Thanks for the video, it was really helpful.
So you ran one negative and one positive from the batter, a positive for the dash light and then a seperate wire from each switch to the relay to complete the circuit for the light bar, winch etc. How do you know what amp wire (& fuse) is sufficient for each of the positive and negative wires in given you might have multiple switches on at once?
Thanks 👋 If you're running directly off switches then the main wire needs to be big enough to handle the 20amps total (these switch max) so total load is less than 20amps if that makes sense?
I ran a 7 core 3 amp trailer wire through the firewall using a wire each for a positve and negative leed and then the remaining wires back under the bonnet for the relay switches. Wondering if I ran it in series like you have is it thick enough?
If there's no load on the switches themselves and you're using relays for each then will be fine as it's just the led load 👍 Just remember to fuse appropriately and you're good 😬
Thanks!
Thank you!
Great video and very clear instructions, thanks. A big help. I am doing something very simular in a Tundra. For the 12V switch power (not dash lights) to trigger the relay (load), I am thinking of tapping into a near by existing cig lighter, that way it is only powered when the veichle is on then i wouldn't need a new fused source. this should work right?
Thanks and yes :) Just test your cigarette lighter socket to confirm it does turn off with ignition as adding don't. Have fun!
Great videos! You are the best. How do I see all of your videos? I’m. Putting an LED light bar on the ROP of my tractor for forward lighting and two LED pods for rear lighting and need to wire to two panel switches to operate them independently. I have two wire harnesses with relays and need to know how to connect each part to battery, ignition, and lights. All videos skip the part of what wire goes where and hoping you can explain that in a video. Thanks for your clear and knowledgeable instructions. Gordie
Thanks mate. You can click the channel name next to the profile pic and that will take you to the whole channel 👌
Do you need a relay for each switch or just one?
Great video,
Is it much different useing a Blue sea fuse block with this switch panel for a boat.
Question.I understand this video. But how would I connect blue tooth speaker to a switch. My speakers have three wires coming from them. I’m using the same set up in this video
Is source power, feeding Panel, fused before it reaches the switcheS or is the fusing after each switch, for the given apparatus powered ?
Uhm. The meter is upsidedown
This is the video that ive been looking for.. been planning to install an led fog light with high and low function and also planning on using a relay for both function and yes ill be using the same switch that you have here, may I ask if I should be still connecting a positive connection from the battery or I could just tap on to the + of accessory line when the key is on? Cause ive been thinking ive already got a direct + into the relays that i will be using so Im kinda torn what to do..looking forward for your safety and helpfull tips.. cheers mate!
Great video! Do the usb ports have constant powered even when the vehicle is off? If so is there a way to wire them so they only power on when the vehicle is turned on?
Depends on where you power is sourced.. you could have it relayed off a separate circuit that only gets powered when the car is 'on'. Have more 12v vids coming soon (eg with relays etc)
Awesome Video! I do have a question. So I'm planning on having 3 switches and a volt reader. One for a Radiator fan, the other 2 for 2 separate led light set ups. So, after I set them up like this video showed, do I connect the Positive Power directly to the battery?? And for the dash lights wire, I have an adjustable lighting in my car. Do I hook it up to that directly to that or to the switch on my headlight switch is? Just need some help and can't seem to get the answers I need online.
Would recommend using a relay particular for the rad fan. Also make sure to use a fuse on the battery end. I have more vids coming out soon that run through switches and relays, ideally to answer exactly your kind of question :)
@@VideoShowMeHow I have read about people finding the grounded prong in the radiator fan relay, putting wire in that specific slot and pressing the relay switch into it. I don't know if that is okay or not so I've been very skeptical of that method. And just read that my specific LEDs can be hooked up to the the fuse box and they have the proper circuit adapters with the fuse for them so I think I won't need the switch for those but definitely need one for the radiator fan and how to have the volt reader read the battery. Forgive me, very new to electrical stuff..
thanks!!
Could you please explain how to wire lights to be switched from two different locations ( front of car & back of car ) and what type of rocker switches are needed and if they are able to be daisy chained for ground and power. Thanks
Great video!! FIRST class
so how do you set up a switch for pattern changing for led lights
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing but I have a question that may seem stupid to some...Can the dash lights be wired directly to the power coming in as long as everything is key on power? I'm running a 6 switch panel and I believe this should work fine. Or should I just grab another fuse slot from my box specifically for the dash lights? I'd hate to rob a slot for something else I could use and doubt the LEDs in those draw much amperage. Thanks for any insight I appreciate it!
Yeah works prob be ok, just depends on draw etc
@VideoShowMeHow thanks I just saw your reply. I'll give it a go 👍
So is this wired in parallel? I’m sure you mentioned it is wired in series but I thought it was the other way around?
Great video! I bought the Nilight 5 Rocker Switch Panel to connect all the LED "fog" light on my truck. Those jumpers are already installed on the panel, so I guess it's confusing me how to connect their wiring harness, which includes a white constant, to the rocker switches? Thanks.
Hey mate, I'm not familiar with that panel, did any wiring diagrams come with it? It would depend if your lights use relays or not.. as a min you'd need fused power to the panel that's enough for its Max load.
@@VideoShowMeHow The wiring harnesses include relays.
@@VideoShowMeHow Would it be easier to just disconnect all the wires and just use one rocker switch per wiring harness?
@@toddjenest3212 if it has relays that's good, you'd connect the power from relay to lights then the trigger wire to the switch. My other vid shows how to wire a single rocker switch that could help. Sounds like you could then power the while panel with one input? Hard to explain/diagnose via comments sorry mate
@@VideoShowMeHow Thank you!
Subscribed..nice work Adam.. tech questions.
Battery power in when piggy backing each switch say each switch rated to 20amp if your running 4 switches what would be the SINGLE fuse amp rating to safely run the 4 switches.
Secondly tapping into side light/dash illumination wire how many milliamps or fuse for that single wire run into the same 4 switches and should you fuse at fuse box or fuse behind dash area.
How would you wire in a main on/off LED rocker switch, to control all the other 5 pin rocker ACC switches? Would a simple 3 pin LED rocker switch work?
Reason for asking, is my 10 gang marine control Carling switch panel, has Two main LED on/off 6 pin switches, & Eight ACC LED on/off 5 pin switches. Wires are all 10 AWG.
The panel is divided in half, with one main 6 blade switch powering 4 ACC switches on each side of the panel (2 mains for 8 ACC). So a 10 gang panel, and all 10 have a 20A circuit breaker inline. Problem is the 6 pin main (2ea) Carling style rocker main power switches have broken. I can't find replacements anywhere! Best I can do is replace both 6 pin switches with ready available 3 or 5 pin switches. The panel was pre-wired (wired just like you show here) when purchased, and the manufacturer is no longer around. Trying to get my head around going from a 6 pin to a 3 or 5 pin.
Also, the two main 6 pin switches have 5 hot (+) & 1 earth (-). Top left is +. Top right is -. Both center are +. Both lower are +. Best I can figure is the main 6 pin only need one ground, because it only has one led.
Any help here would be massively appreciated!
Im terrible with electrical stuff, but if I'm understanding this properly I can run just one wire to the power and I could use that one wire to run the power through the switches and to whatever light bars or accessories i have? Or am I misunderstood?
Yep one to power switches etc but using relays for light bar power
Is there anyway to have the illumination on the bottom (words) off with the switch off? I have a 3 pin rocker installed on my new golf cart for my radio and such but I don't want the bottom portion illuminated when the switch is off. Thanks in advance!
Can you daisy chain negative connections while separating the positives? (Positives are going to a connecting block)
Yep sure can. Just got make sure big enough wire
Great tutorial! Nice and neat job and I like the way you didn't cut individual jumpers between each switch, just used the same cable. I didn't think of doing that.
When you wired these lights and switches up, did you use individual relays for each, or can you run them through the same relay?
Cheers. It would depend on your application, anything more than a few amps I always prefer using a relay
@@VideoShowMeHow thanks for the rapid reply!
So if I wanted to use 3 different sets of lights running off 3 separate switches and wanted to use a relay, would I use 3 relays, or can I run the 3 light setups through one relay?
@@deanrowlands1047 you could run the 3 off they one if you're happy for them all to switch together and total amps are within the rated amount of relay. Otherwise yeah could do separate relays. How much do the lights draw? If camp lights or something might be fine straight off the switch
@@VideoShowMeHow ok, great.
I'm not sure how many amps yet, I haven't bought any lights, I'm just planning ahead and getting whatever gear that I need ready 👍🏻
Hi mate,
Just watched your videos on 12v rocker switches. Loved it.
Can you do a video or even reply comment, by expanding on once the switches are all daisy chained and wired up, how/where to wire the dash lights into physically on the car.
Also, if running individual switches to a 12v fusebox, would that remove the requirement to daisy chain the 12v battery in line?
Ben.
Hey mate, will be releasing a full 12v system including light install as part of the dmax build in coming weeks 👍
❓ Question❓
So the power out to the LED light bar WILL go to a 5 pin relay right?
How is that wired?
Yep, you want to send the power to the light bar from the 87 pin of the relay
@@VideoShowMeHow awesome man! Thanks so much!
How do I do it for dedicated circuits I don’t want anything daisy changed bc the stuff I have uses amps so I need separate how would I do that.. all the videos I’ve seen are on the same circuits but I need four different circuits
Hi, I have six switch panel built like that and I need a tutorial to hook it up to six five prong relays to led lights please.
Thanks for the suggestion, will see what I can do :)
I used a 12v cigarette lighter outlet thats wired to turn off with the key as an input for the led lights on the switches so that they come on with the car... now when I turn the car key off there's still power to the dash lights and led lights on the switches momentarily. There's about a second or two delay before the car actually loses power and turns off. Strange. Do I need to put a diode inline for the 12v input that powers the led lights on the switches? Would that solve this? Help!
Hmmm sounds like there's some residual current in that circuit, being led they draw bugger all which is prob why they're staying on for a couple second. You could draw power for the switch LEDs from a different circuit like your dash lights, this has more 'load' to use residual current if that makes sense. Let us know how your go!
I’m about to install LEDs on my car using rocker switches, diagrams show a fuse between the power pin wire to the battery. Do i “need” a fuse in that line or can i run from the switch direct to battery like yours?
I would add a fuse near the battery on the main 12v wire 👍
@@VideoShowMeHow Awesome, Thank you for the reply, appreciate that.
Súper Awesome video
Why do the rocker switches have two negatives? One for the dash light circuit and one for..?
The load 👍
Thanks mate led lights on my xj
Nice 🤘
Where did you hook the other power wire to? I did this exactly as you (I thought) but I have no illumination when key turns on, only when switch3d on. Any advice?
well done!
I need help. I would like to use a (on-off-on) toggle switch to go between two separate 12 volt power sources. Is this possible? I have to be careful not to back feed either battery. I’m lighting a LED Light Strip off the Motorcycle battery but also have a 12 volt battery pack in the saddle bag that I use when the bike is parked and off. Hope I was clear, (any) advice would be sincerely appreciated
Perhaps a switch like this? Each light would be earthed seperately by the looks - czcams.com/video/y2-d_9GkCb4/video.html
So i got my switch panel all wired up like you do in the video. i bought a Relay wiring harness for a light bar and the wires going to the switch are a Positive a Negative and a yellow one with I assume if for the light on the switch the harness came with. Which one of the wires would I attach to my new switches? and what should I do with the others?
This is awesome. Is there any inherent risk to doing this? I only ask because this is the first time ive ever seen it done this way.
Nope, fuse and correct size wiring and all good
Your a legend! thank you so much 😁