Savage switches - look the part, cost enough, however, mine are coming out of the car as soon as I find a decent replacement.
On original installation in the Aux panel I had a shorting problem which is all too easy to reproduce. I beleive it is a design flaw in the switch, or perhaps just the way I set them up - whatever - this is my experience for what it's worth.
There is a small amount of play in the LED terminals, in & out of the switch body and usually affected either by vibration or certainly by installing spade connectors on them, the play in the positive lead allows it to move up & touch both the bottom of the LED/bulb and side at the same time causing a 12v dead short.
Red circle shows the positive LED connection inside the switch body, this connects to the bottom of the bulb, but also bends upwards towards the side.
Green circles the connections to the side case of the LED.
The red circle on this picture showing the side view the sprung connector is so close to the side of the bulb it can make contact due to play in the connector and cause a dead short.
My initial attempt at correction was to bend the positive lead slightly and avoid it moving up, however having just been working near these switches again it is all to easy to re-introduce the shorting problem.
Two things I'm intending
- Separately fuse the switch illumination to avoid taking a load circuit's fuse with it
- Phase out the Savage switches for something more robust
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