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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 431982" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>Got my cheap resistors from Amazon. First tried 10,000 ohms from the 1/2 watt kit. Was still too bright. Went straight to 100,000 ohms and found it very nice. Not bright at all, just enough for me to see that the switch is on and help me feel for the switch in the dark. That should be perfect. I may play with 40,000 or 60,000 ohms just because, but I think it's gonna be good right where it's at.</p><p></p><p>Thanks [USER=19255]@jeepjoe43[/USER]! Big help with this. Now that I have decided this will work, I can proceed with ordering more of these switches (one in each color: green, blue, amber, already have red obviously) and can finally wire it up. Should be a simple crimp and heat shrink once I cut the resistor legs down to short, reasonable lengths.</p><p></p><p>Thinking the colors will be as follows:</p><p>Amber - fog lights (since fogs are also amber)</p><p>green - daytime running light cutoff</p><p>blue - driving lights (tied to high beam which has a blue indicator above the steering wheel)</p><p>red - backup lights </p><p></p><p>Onwards and upwards!</p><p></p><p>With 100K ohm 1/2-Watt resistor on the switch indicator ground:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118646[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>With no resistor on the switch indicator ground:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]118647[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 431982, member: 18789"] Got my cheap resistors from Amazon. First tried 10,000 ohms from the 1/2 watt kit. Was still too bright. Went straight to 100,000 ohms and found it very nice. Not bright at all, just enough for me to see that the switch is on and help me feel for the switch in the dark. That should be perfect. I may play with 40,000 or 60,000 ohms just because, but I think it's gonna be good right where it's at. Thanks [USER=19255]@jeepjoe43[/USER]! Big help with this. Now that I have decided this will work, I can proceed with ordering more of these switches (one in each color: green, blue, amber, already have red obviously) and can finally wire it up. Should be a simple crimp and heat shrink once I cut the resistor legs down to short, reasonable lengths. Thinking the colors will be as follows: Amber - fog lights (since fogs are also amber) green - daytime running light cutoff blue - driving lights (tied to high beam which has a blue indicator above the steering wheel) red - backup lights Onwards and upwards! With 100K ohm 1/2-Watt resistor on the switch indicator ground: [ATTACH type="full" width="328px" alt="IMG_1496.jpeg"]118646[/ATTACH] With no resistor on the switch indicator ground: [ATTACH type="full" width="331px" alt="IMG_1497.jpeg"]118647[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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