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[scomo52]

hello

When at a show at stafford showground the other month i saw a company selling these illuminated light switch panel where the buttons pushed in to swich on and off unlike the standard switches. i think the backplate was silver in colour. if this makes sense ive done well.

regards
scott

[Rich.]

I made myself one, have a look on my build thread. I can make them to order if you want one, have a look for savage switches, you can see all the available functions. It wont be too cheap mind when you consider each switch cost £15 to £20. Add how many switches you want and add about £20 for the labour and stainless steel and that's roughly what I would charge.

Rich

Just to add, this woudnt include the dim facility when the sidelights are on as in my build thread, this takes quite a lot of time to make with the resistors, if its a function you want then again get in touch.

Rich

Edited by Rich., 05 June 2010 - 07:38 PM.

[scomo52]

cheers rich i will definatily consider you when im ready

regards
scott

[Rich.]

No worries mate.

If you have a cable crimper and cable, then you can buy the panels for the savage switches off ebay. However if you don't have any wiring stuff, then by the time you add up a panel, crimping pliars, cable and the special crimps, it will come to well over the £20 I charge for the lot.

If you want to do the dimming part aswell there's a good guide on here somewhere showing you how to wire it and what resistors and diodes to use. I'm on my blackberry so I carnt put the link up but the thrreads titled something like 'wiring savage switches'

Hope this helps
Rich

[scomo52]

Rich
As i was waiting for a reply on here i looked on the bay of e-ness and found just what you said. Bang on the money with your advice. Can i ask a really blonde question? What is the brake light thing on that panel? Is it needed as if not id like to move my fog light switch to there.

After youve stopped laughin if you could advice id be grateful.

Regards
Scott

[Rich.]

Its just a brake light test light, its exact operatiion I'm not sure, I don't know if its a low fluid light or a low pressure light or something, either way I woukd have thought its pretty obvious if your brakes feel different, I certainly don't have one and I know plenty others don't. I would say it may even be possible to squeeze 6 switches onto a panel if you want to have both though. You would have to reposition your choke and heater cables to somewhere else.

Rich

[scomo52]

My thoughts entirely rich. If you run the risk of running in the back of someone i reckon you knw then your brakes need doing. haha. do they do a plain colour one that i could sparay white as thats what colour my new dash is going to be.

scott

[Rich.]

Haha exactly. You should be checking brake fluid levels on a regular basis anyway, along with the rest of your fluids.

I'm not sure mate, you would have to message him, if not you could just use some etch primer on it first after a quick keying with some wet and dry.

Rich

[Ethel]

The brake failure warning was mandatory when they added it. As an alternative you could stick a switch on the hand brake and connect it to a warning light somewhere, it'd remind you the hand brake is on and test the bulb at the same time.