Need help with JMP power switch wiring

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Need help with JMP power switch wiring

Post by Axe34 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:27 pm

The toggle broke off the power switch for my '81 JMP (Canadian version).

I thought it was going to be a straightforward fix but, in my typical fashion, I've screwed something up.

The power light isn't turning on.

The old switch assembly had a blue and brown wire tied to each side of the switch (they weren't soldered but were attached by tightening the screws.)


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I bought a new switch rated for the same specs as the old one -- 15a 125 vac, 10a 250 vac -- with four lugs.

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I took the blue top right wire from the old one and soldered it to the top right lug of the new switch. I then took the brown bottom right from the old switch and soldered it to the bottom right lug of the new switch.

I then did the same thing for the other side of the switch.

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I though the lugs on the new switch would be the same as the old one.

When I turn on the new power switch, the power light doesn't light up.

Any ideas? Did I mix up the lugs?

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