Hondata

Will I damage my s200 unit if I install a rocker switch that lights up in the on position for cutting off my clutch switch?

The 3 connections from left to right are as follows:

-SUPPLY VOLTS
-ON ACC.
-EARTH GROUND

It depends on how you wire it in. You do not want to send 12v down to the s200

Hondata wrote:It depends on how you wire it in. You do not want to send 12v down to the s200

I spoke with someone from hondata and they weren't sure how to wire such a switch in to where 12v isn't sent to the s200.

Is it do-able? Does the clutch switch carry any regulated current to the s200 to begin with? Would installing the rocker switch - where the clutch switch spliced end is connected to the "SUPPLY VOLTS" lead and the s200 spliced end is connected to the "ON ACC" - even send any sort of voltage to the s200 being that it's only acting as an interrupt with a third lead ground?

Wouldn't the rocker switch not even light up but just act as an on/off?

I'm just fleshing out my "hypothesis" so if any better minded electricians are willing would you clue me in? Thanks in advance.

okay, visited an electronic parts outlet (epo) and spoke with an elderly gentleman who has been workin' there for years. he answered a lot of my questions and set to rest any of my concerns. with his help, i went ahead and wired up the led rocker on/off switch. suffice it to say, the led doesn't come on in the rocker switch but that was expected but it does turn the clutch switch off & on.

the only way the LED would light up is if there WERE a 12v current coming through from the hondata to the clutch switch in which case there isn't.

if there were, to hook up an led rocker switch to where the led comes on and STAYS on when switched, the SUPPLY VOLTS connector would have to be wired TO the source of the 12v (the spliced wire end that's connected to the HONDATA). Then the ON ACC. connector wired to complete the bridge (the spliced wire end that's connected to the CLUTCH SWITCH). Then last of course, the EARTH/GRND connector to, you guessed it, a ground.

anyway, that's that.

couldn't you run the 12v as normal but between the switch and the hondata put in a resistor to drop the voltage seen by the hondata? or use a norma 2 terminal rocker and use a seperate led in series, and since regular leds run off 5v max, then it should be good with the clutch switch and you could then mount the led anywhere and the switch out of sight? just a thought.