Hello Everybody,
I apologize for jumping in here with what may be a simple minded question but I can't seem to figure out what's going on with a toggle switch that I'm installing to control a transmission cooler on my truck. Here is a picture of my switch and how it's wired (per instructions):
The "Load" in this circuit is an electric fan in the transmission cooler. When I wire this switch as indicated to a D.C. power supply with a small incandescent bulb as the load the LED indicator on the switch lights normally. When I wire it in the truck with the trans cooler on the load terminal the switch works fine but the LED indicator will not light.
Question: Could it be that the LED side of the switch won't work because of the higher load of the fan? I don't know what the fan is drawing but it's probably in the 10a-15a range. The switch is rated 20a.
About the only thing I think i understand about these LED indicator switches is that there is some value of resistor in line with the light which is basically a diode. Sorry to be such a nube but please assume your talking to a LED 101 type of person here.
Thanks!
I apologize for jumping in here with what may be a simple minded question but I can't seem to figure out what's going on with a toggle switch that I'm installing to control a transmission cooler on my truck. Here is a picture of my switch and how it's wired (per instructions):
The "Load" in this circuit is an electric fan in the transmission cooler. When I wire this switch as indicated to a D.C. power supply with a small incandescent bulb as the load the LED indicator on the switch lights normally. When I wire it in the truck with the trans cooler on the load terminal the switch works fine but the LED indicator will not light.
Question: Could it be that the LED side of the switch won't work because of the higher load of the fan? I don't know what the fan is drawing but it's probably in the 10a-15a range. The switch is rated 20a.
About the only thing I think i understand about these LED indicator switches is that there is some value of resistor in line with the light which is basically a diode. Sorry to be such a nube but please assume your talking to a LED 101 type of person here.
Thanks!