need some help on my wiring

[pissonNOS]

well what i was trying to accomplish was to have one seperate switch that would allow me to drop all 4 bags at once in stead of seperately. So I wired it how I thought it should be done but no even when I push the individual switches all 4 valves are activated. What I did was use my existing wires on the individual switches but just wired 2 in each connection ( if that makes any sense) and for power I tied into what Im already using for the switches. What did I do wrong? should I be using another power source? and was wiring them into each other the problem?

[lowrollin70gmc]

You need some way of keeping the four wires separated on the switch you use for total dump. If you hook them all up to the same "prong" on your master switch you just connected them all together.

When I took my 10 switch box apart I remember the master dump switch had four prongs as outputs, and these were kept separate until the switch connected them all to the power.

Is this making sense? If not, I can make a paint drawing for you.

[pissonNOS]

ya that does make sense I thought about it some more after I posted this and figured I had to seperate the wires some how, So I would need an 8 prong switch or 2-4's?

[lowrollin70gmc]

If you want to just drop it all together, a switch with four prongs would work, but if you want to raise and drop together, eight prongs are needed. That's plus the power in to the switch (total of 5 or 9). Anyways, it's kind of a pain in the butt either way you look at it. Or you could use two Bosch relays to dump all four together, and that would be easier than finding the proper switch and keep the load down on the actual switch.

Anyways, I just mounted my four rocker switches close enough together that I can dump with four fingers instead of with one switch. I already gave away my ten switch box, otherwise I'ld give you my extra switches that you need.

Let me know how it goes.

[67Fleet]

I'm running a similar box to this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AVS-7...spagenameZWD1V

The middle switch is the pancake switch to dump all 4 corners. Top middle fills/dumps front, middle bottom does the rear. It's super easy to wire these.

[pissonNOS]

this is what I am running right now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB..._promot_widget
would I be better off to get one of these price seems reasonable enough, and also will I have to run additional wires to the valves or get new vavles or will I be ok?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-Sw...3613QQtcZphoto

[67Fleet]

I personally would stay away from those bigger switch boxes. The nice thing about mine (the one I posted) is that it fits in the palm of your hand. Makes it nice for "on the fly" adjustments. The bigger boxes are cumbersome and don't look all that great either. They're also harder to conceal.

[pissonNOS]

undersdtandable, It kind of would look out of place in my truck that and trying to hide 10 feet of cable. As far as running a smaller box is there a whole bunch I would have to do different to my wiring? aside form how I habve it now?

[edflores]

Originally Posted by pissonNOS

undersdtandable, It kind of would look out of place in my truck that and trying to hide 10 feet of cable. As far as running a smaller box is there a whole bunch I would have to do different to my wiring? aside form how I habve it now?

you can cut the cable if needed on the avs 7. i dont know about the avs-9 because it has the relay box

[lowrollin70gmc]

If you're looking for only dropping all at once, I would go with two bosch type relays hooked up to a toggle switch, unless you really want the 7 switch box. Just make the toggle flip two relays (each has two separate outlets) and boom, dropped like it was hot.

Personally, I like the AVS 7 and my get that eventually. You would simply wire the switch box to the existing wiring in the cab and not have to run any more to your valves.