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<blockquote data-quote="DaleH" data-source="post: 453873" data-attributes="member: 15636"><p>For those 2 position switches, they are typically circuit A ‘on’ or circuit B ‘on’ or if wired correctly (with the blocking diode), there is a switch design that has circuit A ‘on’, and then circuit A + B ‘on’ at the same time, which would be typically used to run the nav (red/green) lights ‘on’ only or the nav lights ‘on’ with the all-around light ‘on’ at the same time. That is how I wire all my boats, as when night fishing I don’t like the white all-around light ruining my night vision.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, I’ve been wiring boats for 40-years and I’ve been using switches like that shown (1 - Off - Both) all the time, so I don’t understand why that switch maybe something ‘new’, as to me it isn’t, less the internal LEDs for which circuit is energized. </p><p></p><p>But otherwise, yes, LED lights have changed the ampacity landscape and you can run more things on a given circuit ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaleH, post: 453873, member: 15636"] For those 2 position switches, they are typically circuit A ‘on’ or circuit B ‘on’ or if wired correctly (with the blocking diode), there is a switch design that has circuit A ‘on’, and then circuit A + B ‘on’ at the same time, which would be typically used to run the nav (red/green) lights ‘on’ only or the nav lights ‘on’ with the all-around light ‘on’ at the same time. That is how I wire all my boats, as when night fishing I don’t like the white all-around light ruining my night vision. Frankly, I’ve been wiring boats for 40-years and I’ve been using switches like that shown (1 - Off - Both) all the time, so I don’t understand why that switch maybe something ‘new’, as to me it isn’t, less the internal LEDs for which circuit is energized. But otherwise, yes, LED lights have changed the ampacity landscape and you can run more things on a given circuit ... [/QUOTE]
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