Hook them to the dimmer switch

 

Yes, 3 pins on the back and right this minute they're on all the time.

Wouldn't that make them only work when the headlights are on? One of them controls a winch isolator and it seems silly to only have my winch running when my headlights are on.

The suggestions on tinting seem like the best ones at this point.

 

Not possible. The indicator is internally wired inside the switch.

 

Change (flip) the wires you have on terminals 2 and 3, the incoming power source wire, and the wire leading to your accessory. A three wire switch ( ground, source, and accessory ) normally will only have the light ON when the switch is turned on.

 

I have mine tapped into my dimmer switch by using the dash light circuit.

That being said, I changed all my switches so that they just use a switched ground to trigger the relays. Otherwise they wouldn't work the way you'd want (to dim via dimmer switch).

Mine only light up when I have my lights on but still work to trigger what they're hooked up to.

 

Hu. Fist time I've seen a true advantage to this type of circuit. Nice Job.

 

... ok so I have to say "wha?" to this. I don't know if its what I want, but I do know that I want to understand it.

 

He has 12volt ( + ) on the relays where I prefer to see the grounds "terminal 85". Then, terminal 86 connects to the switch where you would normally connect the 12volt ( + ). The terminal on the switch that normally connect to the relay is now connected to ground. When the switch is actuated, power flows thru the relay. And then thru the switch to ground. This completes the circuit for the relay to work. Now the LED indicator would have power from the dash light circuit connected to the terminal on the switch tha normally has the ground wire on it. Since the center tap on the switch is now grounded ( previously mentioned ), power flows from the dash lighting circuit, thru the LED crystal to the grounded terminal of the switch. The LED only works like a dash light. It does nothing when the switch is actuated.

 

That sums it up nicely!

One correction:

Dash lights off, no light on switch activated or not.

Dash lights on, lights on switch lit activated or not.

I think I have a photo someplace of the first go around before I made it even neater.

Edit: photo added.

 

No. I think I got it right the first time.