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      05-31-2013, 10:43 PM   #10
StickMon
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Drives: 2006 MR
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lo-Cal

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.. and This is how we do That

Cut a piece of board to fit inside the box.
Space the switches with washers and nuts.
Use little squares of board to shim the LEDs so that everything's at a suitable height to poke through the box and there's space above the board to mount the rest of the parts.

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Install the rest of the parts.
Ignore that the diode's the wrong way round in this picture.
I caught that right after, and fixed it.

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Notice how the connections to the switch are kris-crossed.
That's how toggle switches work.

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Affix drill template to box and drill away.
Be careful drilling large holes in soft material.
Best to drill small holes and enlarge them by hand with a reamer or a drill bit chucked up in a file handle.

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Starting to come together.
Even when drilling by hand you have to work up a slow succession of drill sizes.
I skipped one on the upper right hole and it ripped the plastic a little.

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Attach the cables. I stashed the fuse in the handle of the positive clamp.
Smaller clamps would have been nice, but this was the best I could find dirt cheap.

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Just add labels, and Bob's your Uncle!!

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