im still not sure exactly how to connect the switches

this is how i understood it

 

A switch usualy goes inline with the positive leg of the circuit so you can break the circuit

 

its like






but if with that kinda switch, which drawing is right??

 

Definetly not the second or third drawings- you'd blow a fuse as soon as the switch is on...

It doesn't matter where the switch is installed in the circuit (we Americans like to put 'em on the positive sides of the components, and the Japs like to use the ground sides), but no switch will feed a direct ground. That's a short.

Use the first drawing, it's the easiest location to splice into, and the switch wiring run in the cabin is not too long (any extra wiring adds resistance to the entire circuit)...

BTW, Kevin's got a writeup on his Rotary Resurrection website, use that one...

 

sooo i dont need a ground or anything like that???

oh yeah, and if i want the "on switch" to actually work as "on" which direction should the positive side go (towards steering wheel or away)


and the third drawing is just a pic of my switch.. whats wrong with it?

 

It doesn't really matter. The switch works just like cutting the wires when it's in the off position so there is no positive or negative. Use Kevin's write-up as Wayne suggested. It's the easiest method and I have been using it for some time.

The article can be found at: http://www.rotaryresurrection.com/ro.../flooding.html