How to wire a 4 position rotary switch and how the terminals line up. In this video it is used for a 4 position blower motor switch starting with off then powering low, medium and high.
I have 4 12v lights I want to switch from (off - all 4 - just 2). They're currently wired to all switch on together with a relay that switches with the car ignition. I don't want them always on when Im driving so I want to switch them. I can easily make an on-off switch for all 4 with the power leads and an on off from two lights to all four lights, but ideally I want it in one neat switch rather than 2. Would a rotary switch work for that?
This particular switch is not designed to mount to a din rail directly, there may be others that are but none that I’m familiar with. You could fab up your own mount to the din rail and then attach this to the mount but you would have to get a little creative.
Nope, it is double pole controlling two circuits' on/off status, but it is triple throw because each pole can be directed to three different outgoing wires.
You can mount it a variety of ways, I took the black cover and placed it over the plate I wanted to mount it to and marked where the bolt holes were and the main hole. From there I just drilled and cut until it fit and mounted it in place. It’s different for each application.
Thanks for the tip on removing the cover plate (metal looking with numbers) to access the holes. I may scuff it up moving the tabs to release it, but the end result will still look better than drilling screw holes through the cover plate, as I was thinking of doing!
