Rough Country All new MLC-6 Switch box, relay distribution box
04-18-2017, 04:08 AM
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I took a couple photos of the Rough Country Switch Pod in the dark this morning for you guys that are wondering what it is like. Again, note that the switch pod is in fact lit up 24 hours a day by default. There are also owners that have modified the battery + cable by splicing in an 80 amp relay that is switched by I believe fuse F7 (verify that!) that goes hot when the engine is running, not when the key is in accessory.
04-18-2017, 11:07 AM
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That is a pretty smart way to work around that. But yeah like RC said the small LEDs draw so little power that it should take quite a while to drain a battery. Only If you are not using the Jeep for weeks at a time would it be a problem.
If the light bothers you at night, you could swap out the face of the switch and put one which isnt designed for a light so it would be dark.
If the light bothers you at night, you could swap out the face of the switch and put one which isnt designed for a light so it would be dark.
04-19-2017, 01:33 AM
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That is a pretty smart way to work around that. But yeah like RC said the small LEDs draw so little power that it should take quite a while to drain a battery. Only If you are not using the Jeep for weeks at a time would it be a problem.
If the light bothers you at night, you could swap out the face of the switch and put one which isnt designed for a light so it would be dark.
If the light bothers you at night, you could swap out the face of the switch and put one which isnt designed for a light so it would be dark.
The other point to push up to the front for those with a manual is that I am not sure how you would get the plug through the firewall without cutting the wires or getting a pin pulling tool and removing the pins and re-inserting them into the plug on the engine side. For the automatic it is super easy, go through the rubber plug that plugs the pass-through in the firewall for where the manual clutch passes through. If any of you with a manual have a work around, maybe share it here so others know an easy way to get the harness through.
04-22-2017, 10:40 PM
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Just installed mine as well. So far it's great. For those of you wanting to disable the LED's while the Jeep is off: I haven't tested this, but it should be as simple as de-pinning the green wire (since that's the one that controls the LED backlights) at the relay end of the cable, and instead routing that over to the M7 fuse with an add-a-circuit. That way you still get full switch functionality when the Jeep is off, just no LED's.
05-21-2017, 09:28 AM
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Just installed mine as well. So far it's great. For those of you wanting to disable the LED's while the Jeep is off: I haven't tested this, but it should be as simple as de-pinning the green wire (since that's the one that controls the LED backlights) at the relay end of the cable, and instead routing that over to the M7 fuse with an add-a-circuit. That way you still get full switch functionality when the Jeep is off, just no LED's.
