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    Accessory switch ground?

    So, I am trying to run the power for my mega 360 to the accessory switch on my 818 Pro. Looking at it, I am not seeing the ground on the switch. Where is it? Or is there a better place to run the ground to?
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    Switches don’t generally have a ground except for an indicator light.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CatFan View Post
    Switches don’t generally have a ground except for an indicator light.
    Ok.. Where would you suggest I find a good ground short of running all the way to the battery?
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    This is one thing I don’t like about the Phoenix rigging. They usually give a red wire on a post but never a negative post in the rod locker. I would run it back to the battery.

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    the ground is looped from switch to switch for the lights, its fed with 10awg, you could tap it, there is also a heavy ground going to the horn
    I use those for small low amp things like led lighting but for the other stuff ran a new 6awg to the battery and added a Buss bar in the locker
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    Quote Originally Posted by DREWTICK View Post
    the ground is looped from switch to switch for the lights, its fed with 10awg, you could tap it, there is also a heavy ground going to the horn
    I use those for small low amp things like led lighting but for the other stuff ran a new 6awg to the battery and added a Buss bar in the locker
    Are those the black wires in the middle? There are also blue wires along the outside that appear to be looped from switch to switch. This thing cant be drawing much, I have to put a 1amp fuse inline on the power wire..
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    Blue wires are the power to the LED light on the switches.

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    correct blue is power to lights in switches and black is looped ground
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