link to a picture of the wiring diagram of the relay? or draw it out and upload it? your using a standard 30amp automotive relay correct?


P.S. I've never had much luck with radioshack brand components, not sure why.

 

.................its just an on/off single throw toggle switch with 2 terminals a power and ground..........

A SPST switch would have either a power feed and load or a ground feed and load, couldn't have both power and ground.

What exactly do you want to do, have one toggle switch operate one DPST relay?

 

Ah, crude... and even sideways. But to the point I just want a toggle switch to turn on and off the lights on my autometer guages. I have this 4 prong relay...

 

Ok, I thought you wanted to turn off two things with one switch.

Just ignore the second one

 

I changed your picture a little bit

 

Ha! Nice job... fastest response Ive had in probably a year... im off to the garage, I'll let you know what happens...

 

Don't forget the fuse :thumbsup:

 

Doh! Still fuse it with a relay? I wasnt sure, I have this wire coming up to my dash from the trunk (battery in trunk) I think its a fused lined already, is that ok? So far its a success! It actually works.... how nice it is.

 

I'm trying to hook up a toggle switch and relay for my dash gauge lights

You installed a painless harness?
Not sure why you would want a toggle for the dash lights, it can also be wired so the dash lights come on with the headlight switch.

30 Battery power
87 To dash lights
86 Parking lamp power
85 To ground

Doh! Still fuse it with a relay? I wasn't sure, I have this wire coming up to my dash from the trunk (battery in trunk) I think its a fused lined already,

How big is this wire, what does it feed and how many amps is the fuse? Individual circuits should always have their own fuse.

 

This should help:

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117758

 

That http://sonolithics.com/files/bosch.pdf is a very handy file to have :thumbsup:

 

No, I didnt install a painless kit... I have 6 aftermarket autometer guages in a custom dash and I wanted them to run off a relay and a switch... all works great now. Thanks again Dean! And thanks for the links guys.

 

FYI, I have the same amount of gauges you do. The power for them came from the LMPS post in the fuse box. This allows me to use the dimmer control. Worth a shot unless you don't have the headlight switch in the car.

 

Its just the actual lights in the guages, nothin' more... it seems to be working out fine. Maybe my imagination but they seemed dimmer than before, maybe a bad ground, because it seemed to have went away... for the time being.