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Pull OR rocker on/off switch?
Etops73	#1  Posted on 08/29/12 - 10:16 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 2 Joined: 07/13/07	I'm re-wiring my console and will be buying new switches. I only need 3 of them for now (bilge, nav/anchor light, and deck lights). Should I use 3 position pull switches OR rocker switches. Thanks
Phil T	#2  Posted on 08/29/12 - 10:30 AM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7039 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	Bilge is a 3 position (auto, off, on) Navigation lights is also 3 position (running, off, anchor) Deck lights is a 2 position. Push/pull switches (i.e. cole-hersey) are easier to install with less cutting of the panel. I used Blue Sea's 4 bank rocker switches with fuses and a separate bilge switch. See my personal page.
Etops73	#3  Posted on 08/29/12 - 10:57 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 68 Comments: 2 Joined: 07/13/07	Thanks Phil T. That's exactly the comparison I'm looking for. Just wondering if the 3 position pull switch will be in my way when fully extended in "on" position.
Phil T	#4  Posted on 08/29/12 - 12:50 PM
Administrator Personal Page Personal Album Project Albums Posts: 7039 Comments: 6 Joined: 03/26/05	I recall the original instrument panel came with two push/pull switches. One of the two on the Outrage was a 3 way for the console mounted anchor light.
Joe Kriz	#5  Posted on 08/29/12 - 1:06 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11445 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	All Classic Outrage and Montauks had the Pull Switches. Here is a panel on an Outrage model. http://www.whalercentral.com/photogal...hoto_id=85 Here is another photo. The Nav Light is 3 position. The compass is only on/off http://www.whalercentral.com/images/j...panels.jpg Around 1996 they changed to the rocker switches. I am still trying to determine which models had the changeover to rocker switches first and what year(s) for the different models. We have one member stating he has a 3 way toggle switch that was original to his 1995 Dauntless 13' http://www.whalercentral.com/forum/vi...;pid=99070 And in the same post above, a member with a 2000 Montauk 17' says he has the same toggle switch. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51...Wiring.jpg I have never seen that toggle switch on a Montauk before so apparently I wasn't paying attention or that isn't the original switch. I cannot find any photos in the members personal pages that shows such a toggle switch. Anyone have anymore information on this?
jvz	#6  Posted on 11/03/12 - 3:35 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 215 Comments: 10 Joined: 03/16/07	I too am in the process of a re-wire. I am replacing the switches on the panel - The original 3 position Nav & Anchor has 4 terminals. The only 3 position Cole-Hersee i can find is a 3 terminal. Will this work? I have one white wire coming into the 4th terminal.
jvz	#7  Posted on 11/03/12 - 3:42 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 215 Comments: 10 Joined: 03/16/07	Got it - when in doubt use an ohm meter.
jvz	#8  Posted on 11/03/12 - 4:22 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 215 Comments: 10 Joined: 03/16/07	Figured out the wiring, I bought the wrong switch - Should be the Cole - Hersee M-532 Push pull switch, 3-circuit