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    Posted: 15 Apr 2017 at 11:31am
Originally posted by john in idaho

The voltmeter and phone plug-in  have spade connectors labeled plus and minus.  The switch has 3 connectors, and it looks like I can see a minus sign between the two silver ones.   Can those be combined into one lead?  My continuity meter won't help me - I guess the switch needs current to work.

A bit hard to tell without having the switch in hand, but I'll give it a shot until McCall comes in. The switch has 3 terminals because the LED indicator needs a ground. If you don't need or want the indicator you only need 2 terminals. Using your meter find 2 terminals that show continuity when "on" and no continuity when "off". Connect those 2 terminals, either way, in series with the positive terminal of the voltmeter. The third terminal on the switch is unused. The pictures on Amazon are a bit confusing because the automotive, boating and house wiring color coding conventions are different.
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The voltmeter and phone plug-in  have spade connectors labeled plus and minus.  The switch has 3 connectors, and it looks like I can see a minus sign between the two silver ones.   Can those be combined into one lead?  My continuity meter won't help me - I guess the switch needs current to work.
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Behind the lower cabinet there is only about 1", be careful there.
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Will do. I forgot I have some.   there is quite a bit of space between the wall and the cupboard wall.
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I used Forstner drill bits.  
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What did you use to cut the holes?  I got my gauges today from Amazon
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Very nicely done. I want to do this mod. What did you use to cover the hole where the switch used to be?
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McCall pod...get out of my head.  Wood River pod here.  Working on the same mods this Idaho rainy day.  You got a little farther than I did today.  I'm moving the bathroom switch to a double switch with the porch light switch.  Also doing voltmeter with on/off switch.  Putting a plate over the the old bathroom opening.
Thanks for the info.
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Very Nice !  You may get calls from other podders to do some similar mods.
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I got the meter from Amazon…


I mounted the charger and 12v socket by the heater outlet under the bed.  For those I ran a fused line from the battery box.  For the meter on the wall I got the power off of the control panels red (+) & white (-) wire.
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