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Old 02-23-2015, 06:47 PM
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I can't remember if I posted this earlier in the thread, but as the original goal has been kiboshed by the manufacturer's lack of interest in making sales, I offer another alternative. Carling Switch makes a staggering array of options, listed here on their website:

http://www.carlingtech.com/rocker-switches-sealed

Digikey carries one of the simpler designs, here's an example of one of them:

http://www.digikey.ca/product-detail...1095-ND/483667

I bought a few samples to evaluate and am very impressed. When I re-do my panel I plan to use them everywhere. They can be purchased with LED or incandescent lighting, and in a variety of poles and throws with latching and momentary operation.

(reading back a bit) It looks like the switches Aerosport offers above in post #67 are the same style as the ones I found. That would save the effort of doing your own labelling.
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Old 02-23-2015, 07:03 PM
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I tried the Carling switches, but found them to be quite dim. Maybe they have brighter models or the LEDs can be switched out?
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Old 02-23-2015, 10:36 PM
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I tried the Carling switches, but found them to be quite dim. Maybe they have brighter models or the LEDs can be switched out?
The samples I bought are completely disassemble-able. One of the local electronics shops carries a couple of them but with incandescent bulbs and I debated just buying them there and swapping in the LED's myself. I bought a couple so I could gauge how hard that would be and found that it would be pretty darned easy. But finding that Digikey had them with LED's already in made the point moot.

I do seem to recall a website somewhere that discussed the LED ones and how they have an internal resistor... You could swap that resistor for a lower resistance and boost the maximum brightness.
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Old 02-24-2015, 03:19 PM
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Well of course Murphy's law strikes again. No sooner did I finally post this than Apem calling me this morning with news they found all the lost artwork.

So who knows. I'm not holding my breath, but I have a guy now who knows me by name and is getting a custom quote together after we spent an hour on the phone talking about details.

I'll keep everyone posted one way or another.
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Old 02-24-2015, 04:15 PM
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www.newwiremarine.com does custom engraving of Carling Contura V actuators. They will sell you either the switch, or just custom engrave the actuators for you.

I know of another RV'r that sent them Rockrack artwork from the web, and they vectorized it, and did the engraving. So he was able to get his custom stuff done at the same time they used some "stock" artwork.

The results looked sweet, and were posted on VAF, but I can't find it right now.

Edit: *** Ha, talk about being lost! The thread was this thread, way back in the earlier pages! ***
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Old 08-26-2015, 09:47 AM
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Hello, I am new to laser marking, I am a car enthusiast and want to engrave my own switches for the people in the 4x4 clubs I go away with. Can someone please point me in the right direction as to what machine will mark these switches?

I know the Fiber Laser machines will work but they are a few thousand above what I want to spend.

Will the 50w Co2 ebay lasers do the job?

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I've spent a few weeks researching now and have not found a low cost machine that is sure to do the job.

Thank You
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Old 01-12-2016, 08:36 AM
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Question toggle / rocker switches

Hi guys!
I'm designing the panel for my RV8 and it's hard to find an interesting switch...
Did you had any progress on finding an alternative to the Aveo Rock Racks?
I'm open to a nice toggle swith, military style... so far, the only ones that seem nice to me are the Honeywells TL series...
Rgds!
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Old 01-12-2016, 09:35 AM
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I ended up with Otto toggles and installed colored rubber tips on them. Nice quality. I also like the Honeywells.

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Old 01-18-2016, 10:39 AM
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Thumbs up Carling Rocker Switches

Thanks Guys,

I got in touch with newwiremarine, and they submitted me to their site for "custom" switches, sweet!!!
www.RockerSwitchPros.com
I could design using all the existing logos but one, and they can do the one I need on special order.
The only bad thing is they do not have Green led, don't know why... but I believe it should be pretty easy to replace by any led I want, even hi birgthness ones...

I guess this will be my choice if nothing else appears!

regards, Alex
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Old 01-18-2016, 03:37 PM
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Btw, for anyone inclined to use fancy gadgets, notice that Aveo has an upcoming product for controlling lights:
http://www.aveoengineering.com/lightselector/
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