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Post by azskipper on Feb 3, 2006 23:33:28 GMT -5
05 Unlimited, took the top off and she looks great. Installed the doors and a safari top and I was in business till I was cruising down the road to notice my lights on the sound bar blazing away. Obviously from having th doors removed and nothing to push in the button. My delema was HOW to shut tme things off. The button was too hard for simepl metal tape and there didnt seem to be an obvious fuse associated with it that I could find, so I popped out the button from the door jam and disconnected the triangular connector.
Is this the standard practice for this or was ther a better way? Thanks for your help
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Post by DREDnot on Feb 4, 2006 2:10:07 GMT -5
Best way is to go to the fuse box behind the glove box. Look in the lower righthand corner . Fuse #4(10A) is the "door switch defeat " Pull that fuse and the jamb switches are bypassed. The dome lights still come on with the dimmer switch and when you turn off the igniton. No $$$ involved. No spring thing, no wire spicing.
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Post by moneypit on Feb 4, 2006 16:42:53 GMT -5
www.quadratec.comThis is what I used. All you are doing is getting in between the fuse and the lights. If you don't mind the 25.00. I just don't want to empty all the crap out of the glovebox each time. This switch is located on one of the screws and the bottom of the dash out of the way. Just reach over and turn it off. Quadratec Home » DOME LIGHT BYPASS SWITCH W/HARNESS-TJ JW-DLB DOME LIGHT BYPASS SWITCH W/HARNESS-TJ JW-DLB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Price: $ 24.99 Buy Now! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Chadds Ford Electronics - Deluxe Dome Light On/Off Switch for TJs. When you remove your TJ’s doors to enjoy the ultimate in open air driving, you’ll find that the dome light stays on. Unfortunately, the TJ dome light switches cannot be easily disconnected. This is our best and most convenient solution. Some folks use duct tape to depress their switches while others resort to pulling fuses. Our kit installs in a matter of minutes to allow dome lights to be de-activated with the flip of a switch. Kit includes detailed instructions, switch and a fused harness. There’s no drilling required and your switch is concealed under the right corner of your dash. Always remember to wear your seat belt and consult your sales person about side view mirror options.
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Post by Belfast on Feb 4, 2006 22:18:08 GMT -5
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Post by azskipper on Feb 4, 2006 23:00:38 GMT -5
I like the great helpful responces! thanks a bunch. I will be going right now to the glove box and taking care of that. I really like the rocker swicth mod too. Kinda fun to have rocker switches in the jeep anyhow. After re-reading my inital post, I appear to have no typing skills what so ever, I dont know whether to be proud or embarraesd...  [glow=red,2,300][/glow]Thanks! |
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Post by wv4x4 on Feb 15, 2006 8:59:13 GMT -5
I'm with belfast! I did my own little setup kinda like his! No need to spend that money at qaudratec. plus its much more fun to fab up your own stuff.
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Post by 2hi2cme on Feb 22, 2006 17:25:17 GMT -5
does it matter which way you put the rocker switch is there a positive and negative |
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Post by Belfast on Feb 23, 2006 7:50:12 GMT -5
Nope - its either ON or OFF....you either complete the circuit (on) or break it (off).
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Post by mometal on Mar 8, 2006 23:15:54 GMT -5
I've done absolutly NO electrical work but I solder people's crappy jewelry back together to make something that resembles a pay check in name only for the past 5 years so Im confident I can do this  Just a stupid question first, do you wrap up your connections afterwards with electrical tape or anything or just let it swing free? Also, do u let the fuse holder just danglin behind the dash or secure that somehow? With that said and hopefully answered... heres to not burning down the jeep  Ok just kidding, another question... Say I get there and I see all these fancy rocker switches and I just can't help myself, What kinda specs do I need to look for. If it's rated for 25amps can I still use it for this 10amp project? DPDT, SPST, SPDT... whasat? |
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Post by Belfast on Mar 8, 2006 23:31:53 GMT -5
The soldering is easy - if you can solder jewelry, you can soder this.
I wrapped my solders with electrical tape, although it is more for piece of mind than anything else.
I zip-tied my wires to thers in the area to keep them for rattling. I haven't had any problems.
As for which switch, I went for the simplest two-post switch. If you want to experiment with others, good luck. As far as amperage, I think the stated numbers are maximums.
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Post by mometal on Mar 13, 2006 14:11:39 GMT -5
Had a free weekend so I gave this thing a shot. The switch is all soldered together real nicely but that mini fuse is giving me some problems. I try to solder the wires to the top but end up just getting a plastic melted mess. Any suggestions?
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Post by Belfast on Mar 13, 2006 18:57:37 GMT -5
I soldered to the top, but after a week in the cold, the solders went - there just wasn't enough metal to fuse to. So......
I took the dremel to the flat sides of the fuse - (if the fuse is laying flat, prongs away from you) one top left and one bottom right. I just ground away the plastic until I reached metal. This gave me plenty to solder to and the wires were plenty far away from each other. Wrapped it all up in electrical tape when I was done and it has been good since.
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Post by 2hi2cme on Mar 13, 2006 20:04:28 GMT -5
i like yo do this mod to. do you have any pics on how you ground down the sides not quit sure what you mean by the sides and how you soldier it......... I soldered to the top, but after a week in the cold, the solders went - there just wasn't enough metal to fuse to. So...... I took the dremel to the flat sides of the fuse - (if the fuse is laying flat, prongs away from you) one top left and one bottom right. I just ground away the plastic until I reached metal. This gave me plenty to solder to and the wires were plenty far away from each other. Wrapped it all up in electrical tape when I was done and it has been good since. |
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Post by Belfast on Mar 13, 2006 23:26:15 GMT -5
I wish I took pictures while I had everything out - now everything is taped up and zip-tied in the Jeep. Hopefully the pic I stole from RadioShak will help...  I ground down an area about the size as highlited in the this pic - on each side of the fuse (so if you were to rotate the fuse in the pic, it would look the same on the other side, with the bare metal on the other post). I hope this makes sense...I did seperate sides to keep as much integrity of the plastic fuse in place - considering I already drilled out the center, I didn't want to grind down both posts on the same side. |
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Post by jered_jmm on Mar 29, 2006 14:05:35 GMT -5
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