Hello,
Apologies for the poorly descriptive thread title...I can't seem to modify it now...
This is remarkably beginner-stuff, but:
I am trying to wire a simple LED lighted rocker switch in a 12v circuit.
I wired it what I thought was properly...but obviously it isn't.
The switch turns on and off just fine, but it seems no matter what combination of terminals i try...the light will not light.
The light does work fine when i test it...but not when i put it in circuit.
Apparently, the remaining terminal on switch is supposed to go to ground?
But how do you ground something with only two wires from the battery?
I mean, I thought the negative was the ground, and the positive was hot....?
I'm sorry to be so dense.
Below is a childlike drawing of the circuit....lol.
Thank you for any help!
Apologies for the poorly descriptive thread title...I can't seem to modify it now...
This is remarkably beginner-stuff, but:
I am trying to wire a simple LED lighted rocker switch in a 12v circuit.
I wired it what I thought was properly...but obviously it isn't.
The switch turns on and off just fine, but it seems no matter what combination of terminals i try...the light will not light.
The light does work fine when i test it...but not when i put it in circuit.
Apparently, the remaining terminal on switch is supposed to go to ground?
But how do you ground something with only two wires from the battery?
I mean, I thought the negative was the ground, and the positive was hot....?
I'm sorry to be so dense.
Below is a childlike drawing of the circuit....lol.
Thank you for any help!
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