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Old 07-05-2009, 06:24 PM   #1
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Randall, could you design me a switch that turns the devil me on and off, you know since your a minister and all. hahahaha
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:40 PM   #2
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Randall, could you design me a switch that turns the devil me on and off, you know since your a minister and all. hahahaha

It's called a boost switch. :troll:
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Old 07-06-2009, 09:54 AM   #3
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Here you are. It's a switch wired to a standard garage door opener hiding under the center console w/ velcro. I also added a red LED to indicate that it's working (battery powered). I'm not certain, but I probably got the switch and LED at Radio Shack.

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I write this from memory but as far as I recall all switches in the dashboard and the center console are (except for their labeling) pretty much the same (with the added exception that some of them have a built in LED and some do not):

All of them are rocker switches which can close one circuit at a time by either pressing the raised part or the lowered part.
If you want the switch to operate in a way that you switch something on by pressing and then switch it off again by pressing again you will need a bit of electronics behind it, something like this:

http://www.discovercircuits.com/H-Corner/on-off-switch.htm
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