Nav lights to S700-2-3 wiring

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Can anyone help me out with some direction on wiring the DPST S700-2-3 switch?

I finally figured out the 2-10 DPDT switch, now I have two poles and one throw to figure out. I have the diagram from AeroE Bob's book, but I don't get it...

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Chad,

Here is the wiring diagram for that switch:

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Should be fairly straight forward for just a NAV light.....or are you trying to add a strobe to that switch also??
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Chad,

More info... A 2-3 is easy, it is just two double throw switches ganged together. It is also a 2 position switch where as the 2-10 is a three position.

If you figured out a 2-10, a 2-10 should be super easy.

What are you wanting the switch to do and we can shed some light on the matter...
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Yeah, that's the diagram I have...I want all three nav lights to turn on with this switch.�


I assume power would come in on pole 1, then 2 jumps to 5, then power out at 4 and 6?


I hate switches...




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The two tip navs and the tail light...

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Chad,

More info... A 2-3 is easy, it is just two double throw switches ganged together.

If you figured out a 2-10, a 2-10 should be super easy.

What are you wanting the switch to do and we can shed some light on the matter...



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Oh that's easy. You really only need a single pole, single throw switch. But for the sake of simplicity, with your 2-3 switch, wire the #2 terminal to your feed bus (i.e. power input), and the #1 terminal to all three wires going to all 3 lights. Or run one fatter wire to right behind your center section and connect all three lights together to the feed wire there.

Confused yet?
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bullojm1 wrote:Oh that's easy. You really only need a single pole, single throw switch. But for the sake of simplicity, with your 2-3 switch, wire the #2 terminal to your feed bus (i.e. power input), and the #1 terminal to all three wires going to all 3 lights. Or run one fatter wire to right behind your center section and connect all three lights together to the feed wire there.

Confused yet?
I'm just using what I have on hand...one 2-3 and a SPST are what I have left. Figured I'd use the 2-3 for the nav lights, and the SPST for the strobes.

I'll use a fat wire to a split behind the center section idea...thx!
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cjensen wrote:

I hate switches...

dont feel bad, I hate electrical. I will probably never get an airframes/powerplants license because of it. at least with hydraulic fluid, you can see it leaking. it looks kind of like a raspberry beer, ;-)

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Is there any milage in wireing the tail light so it goes off when the tail strobe is on (easily done on a 2-10 I think) - I'm thinking on the lines of excessive heat (in a Whelen) tail/trobe light, with both operating

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JOHN TIPTON wrote:Is there any milage in wireing the tail light so it goes off when the tail strobe is on (easily done on a 2-10 I think) - I'm thinking on the lines of excessive heat (in a Whelen) tail/trobe light, with both operating

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The tail light has to be on at night with the strobes...AIM says so.

However, I wouldn't worry about it John...these have been operating for years this way, and I haven't (in 10+ years of being in the FBO maintenance business) ever seen a problem with that tail light combo.
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Thanks for the tips guys...I wired the switch up last night, and I have BRIGHT navs! Sorry the pics are terrible...

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With the landing lights on...

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Not sure that would be legal....

JOHN TIPTON wrote:Is there any milage in wireing the tail light so it goes off when the tail strobe is on (easily done on a 2-10 I think) - I'm thinking on the lines of excessive heat (in a Whelen) tail/trobe light, with both operating

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