Hi everyone. As stated I am trying to figure out the easiest way to make a momentary switch control button control the on and off for my 12V lights I have on my vehicle. I know the very basics of electronics, I currently have the lights powered by two different switches on relays. Longer story below
Basically I need the beginner way to make a momentary switch control a 12V (DC) system to turn lights on and off. I looked into latching circuits but it seems that can only be turned off by switching off the two position switch again.
Any links on tutorials or products needed to make this work are appreciated.
My main switch just turns the lights on or off by sending power to the relay
The second I have I am able to turn it on or off to make the Aux lights work with the high beams, flip it off they don't turn on with the high beams.
I want to do this as the vehicle is pretty new and I don't want toggle switches laying around. The "momentary switches" that I have are OEM that are normally used to control a momentary signal to turn traction control off. Just sends a signal to the BCM to shut it off. I want to do this because the car came with extra slots for the button so it will give me a nice factory look on the dashboard.
The push buttons themselves have 4 pins. Two for the light and two to control the switch.
my lights and relays are all 12 volt. The push buttons themselves do work on 12V kind of just hooked them up seeing if they would work.
Sorry for the long explatination, just new around here
Basically I need the beginner way to make a momentary switch control a 12V (DC) system to turn lights on and off. I looked into latching circuits but it seems that can only be turned off by switching off the two position switch again.
Any links on tutorials or products needed to make this work are appreciated.
My main switch just turns the lights on or off by sending power to the relay
The second I have I am able to turn it on or off to make the Aux lights work with the high beams, flip it off they don't turn on with the high beams.
I want to do this as the vehicle is pretty new and I don't want toggle switches laying around. The "momentary switches" that I have are OEM that are normally used to control a momentary signal to turn traction control off. Just sends a signal to the BCM to shut it off. I want to do this because the car came with extra slots for the button so it will give me a nice factory look on the dashboard.
The push buttons themselves have 4 pins. Two for the light and two to control the switch.
my lights and relays are all 12 volt. The push buttons themselves do work on 12V kind of just hooked them up seeing if they would work.
Sorry for the long explatination, just new around here