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Old Aug 10, 2015 | 06:54 PM
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Question! I have 5 auxiliary switches that I just installed for future projects.......Can I wire 5 small 3 prong switches (ground) (load) (power) by having all the power wires and grounds run to the same power and ground? And then have my loads go to whatever aftermarket crap I install? Or will sharing a ground cause backfeed? I believe they'll all pull the same amount of power no matter the load because all they power are the LEDs on the switches...here's a pic to give you an idea of what I have going on (in the middle of being wired)
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Old Aug 10, 2015 | 08:54 PM
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Can never assume that. The grounds will be fine as they are only for the led in switch. Your feeds are dictated by the load.
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Old Aug 10, 2015 | 09:22 PM
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here is my set up coming from the battery to the relays. One thick wire (I forget which gauge) to a fuse box I found at the local auto parts store.


The ground wires coming off the relays all connect to one bolt- That is 4 seperate wires run to one bolt.
The ground wires coming off the back of the switches are all piggybacked of each other and run to on point-instead of having 4 wires run to one bolt the switches connect and only one is connected to a grounding bolt.
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