IPF Lights

Busy Bee,
This is only a guess as I haven't had to dismantle one of these style switches but have worked on similar ones.
But the wires in question should be a power wire from the supply, a switch wire to the relay, and a earth wire for the LED light "on indication".
I don't know what colours are what, but you maybe able to pick them out at the other end of the loom or test at the plug going to the switch.
You should be able to pick up the supply and the relay wire to hook to the normal toggle switch
Regards
Terry

no. one of the wires will operate illumination

Hi Busy Bee,
If you have one of those trouble lights which are used for testing circuits, you know the ones which have a small aliigator clip on a length of wire and a screwdriver type probe with a small light in it, or a multi meter, you could assume, for a starting point, that the red wire is active and the blue is the relay wire and the white an earth for the indicator in your old switch. This may not be correct but it is a good starting point.

The wire that goes to earth, probably the white one but not necessarily so, is the one to discard as it completes the circuit from the indicator.

Hope that helps
Regards, Bruce.

Hi Busy Bee,

Just to add some fuel to the fire, and some conversation perhaps, by venturing a little off-topic, and creating an alternative suggestion.

I have a set of IPF lights on my Cruiser, originally set up to a rocker switch from a previous set of lights. The problem I had with the rocker switch is that it was not very good at staying straight in the dash. It caused all sorts of problems with me not knowing whether my driving lights were on. Of course, it was okay when I had their covers off, but for driving around town when I wanted to use high beam only, and wanted to leave the covers on, I had no way of knowing whether the spotlights were on, short of getting out and checking, or seeing the glow of the light in a reflection on a window.

I replaced it with a red illuminating rocker switch, so now the switch glows when the IPF lights are powered. This means I can't accidentally have them running, and they are also easier to switch off when I no longer need them, but may want high beam still. Obviously this doesn't help when you're searching for the switch in the dark to turn them on. :-)

The ultimate would be a switch which changes colours - perhaps green when the lights are off (kind of like a "standby" mode), and red when they are active. I'm yet to see a switch that works like this, but I'm sure it's very possible.

The rocker switch I purchased cost me $9.00 from an AutoPro store. They're available in pretty much any place that sells rocker switches, which I'm sure you're aware of.

Perhaps using all three wires isn't such a bad idea, after testing each one? (The third (switch illuminator) should only carry current when the rocker switch is in the "ON" position).

Food for thought :-)

Charles Jenkinson
Perth, Western Australia

Gracie "The Grey Ghost"
1991 Toyota Landcruiser GXL
4.2L Turbo Diesel
358,759km and counting!