Toggle Switches

[GT53]

Hey All,

I’m trying to keep my dash layout as simple and uncluttered as possible so here’s what I’d like to do regarding toggle switches. I would like 4 toggles. 1 Each for L and R Seat heat, 1 for Flashers and 1 for Headlights. (Floor mounted high beam switch)

The toggles that came with the kit are :2 ON-OFF toggles…2 pole, 1 ON-OFF-ON…3 pole and 1 ON-ON…3 pole.

Question 1: Can I use any (or all) of these toggles to accomplish the aforementioned or should I be looking at different switches? (I hope the Lucas style toggles will work as I have already laid the dash out and cut the holes for the toggle switches. (Yeah, I know)

Question 2: Where can I source toggles that match the ones in the kit or if I need to go with something else, toggles that look similar to the original ”Lucas” style?

Wiring, along with a plethora of other things in life, is a mystery to me so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Greg

[PaulProe]

You can get Lucas Toggle Switches here: https://prdcrrct.com/product-category/dash/
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[FLPBFoot]

My seat heaters came with a rocker switch because they have a center off position and high and low positions. To keep them off the dash I mounted the rocker switches on the Breeze seat mount towards the front. They are out of site but easily reached and easy to use as the upper position is high heat, center is off and lower is low heat.

[OSU Cowboy]

I got 35 amp toggles from Ron Francis. They look great, and for me eliminated the need for relays.

[phileas_fogg]

For your flashers, you should have received a double-pole, double-throw (DPDT) toggle for the flashers; it's easy to recognize because it's got six pins on the back. You apply power to the center pins, and then one bottom pin gets a turn signal, and the other bottom pin gets the other turn signal. Using separate sides of the DPDT switch prevents power from back feeding through the circuit whenever you use the turn signal. The top pins are unused.

As FLPBFoot says, you'll probably want a rocker switch for the seat heaters (unless you don't care about the high & low settings). If you're intent on using the toggle switches, you can replace the rockers with two ON-OFF-ON switches, one for each seat heater.

For your headlights, you can use one of the ON-OFF toggles, but you'll have to use it to trigger a relay (the pull-type headlight switch provided with the kit has a built-in circuit breaker). Or you can get a high current switch as OSU Cowboy describes. If you use the toggle, you'll probably want yet another switch that turns your under dash lighting on and off (the pull-type headlight switch does this by turning the knob). I'm not up to speed on the latest control mechanism for the gauge backlighting; that may now be controlled by turning the knob on the headlight switch. If so, you'll need to figure out how to control your gauge backlighting as well (and if not, then ignore that part).

This may sound like a lot of work, but it's really not, plus there are lots of folks here on the forum to help you. If you want the all-toggle look, go for it!


John

[AtlantaCobra]

I went with the simple look. Notice the buttons at the bottom instead of the switches. Not even a key to worry about.
Just an option to consider.
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