hi, new to the forum and am keen when it comes to electrics.

i am good with car electrics and know the basics, relays, fuses, circuit basics blah blah
i have got my head round a normal latching relay circuit, this is reasonably basic however it involves two switches (one to break the earth and 'de-latch' the circuit)
anyway the basics of what i want to achieve are, i have a 12volt circuit in my car (obviously) and i want to earth a wire in order to activate something, however the switch i want to use is a 'push to make' switch.

obviously this switch is ideal to activate the latching relay, but then ideally i would like to use this switch as an on and off button.

from google searching, a single switch latching circuit seems incredibly complex in comparison to a two switch system.

can someone explain/ simplify the single switch latching circuit, or shall i give up now and just modify my switch haha

cheers in advance
dave

 

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