{"id":1258,"date":"2018-11-11T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T01:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2018-11-16T08:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:56:09","slug":"3-way-switch-for-rear-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/?p=1258","title":{"rendered":"3-way Switch for rear door light on Ascape."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A minor irk that one had to open the door to turn the outside light on. Meant that you couldn’t ‘see’ who\/what was out there before opening the door. Minor irk but an irk nevertheless.<\/p>\n

A tweak to a 3-way switch scheme is the solution. Hardware change to 2 x SPDT switches would do it. At least one switch has to be weatherproof to replace the switch on the light itself. <\/p>\n

I didn’t have any luck to find a direct replacement rocker type but found some 2 position toggle switches that should work. Time to get it done…<\/p>\n

I used a toggle switch on the light, replacing the sub-miniature, which was a bit cumbersome to operate anyways, due to the size and rubber seal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The inside switch is a rocker type. Toggle type just wouldn’t have looked right.<\/p>\n

Possible the hardest task of the whole thing was carving that hole for the rocker switch.<\/p>\n

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The only hardware required: 2 SPDT switches of the 3-pin ON\/ON variety.<\/p>\n

I sourced the switches from Amazon.ca.<\/p>\n

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Connection is simple as per this diagram. <\/p>\n

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The light is easily removed exposing the wiring on the inside. No new holes required as existing is big enough to feed the extra wires.<\/p>\n

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Inside access is gained by removing the rear cupboard panel, 2 screws.<\/p>\n

There is ample room for the inside switch but a bit of a bear to cut the hole. An alternative is to use a switch that mounts trough a round hole. For me that was not an option. Too fussy I guess.<\/p>\n

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All done.<\/p>\n

In case you’re wondering what the black keypad is\/does… door lock from http:\/\/www.rvlock.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mounting the round toggle switch into the rectangular hole required a bit of MacGyver’ing. I used silicone to ‘glue’ it into place in addition to fabricating a rectangular washer and then coating the exterior with liquid electrical tape. Probably a bit of overdo but it should at least keep the water out.<\/p>\n

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A minor irk that one had to open the door to turn the outside light on. Meant that you couldn’t ‘see’ who\/what was out there before opening the door. Minor irk but an irk nevertheless. A tweak to a 3-way switch scheme is the solution. Hardware change to 2 x SPDT switches would do it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions\/1274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smallrvs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}