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ChrisZang · 07-06-2009, 09:34 AM

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

07-06-2009, 09:34 AM	#14
ChrisZang Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Carlos, CA 94070 Posts: 1,450	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 __________________ I still wave at Boxsters, but they no longer wave back :-( 2002 Boxster S "Violet" (sold but not forgotten) 2009 Carrera 4S "Kelsey" (current ride) 2015 FIAT 500e "Nikki" my commuter car Last edited by ChrisZang; 07-06-2009 at 10:53 AM.