Incandescent lamps produce a little more heat as well, and can actually make the actuator quite warm to the touch after extended operation (don’t worry, they are designed to withstand the heat). Finally we’ll mention the lighting cone: LED’s project a directional light, where an incandescent will illuminate in a full 180 degree hemisphere. Because of this LEDs do not illuminate the engraved text and symbols quite as well and the edges may be noticeably less illuminated than the center (which is right above the LED itself).
Each switch body’s product page will tell you if you should add a lens to that switch’s actuator or not.
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Our Carling V-series switch bodies are interchangeable with styles: II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and XIV switch actuators. So if you have a V-series switch, it’s VERY likely our actuators will fit on your switch body. You can tell if it’s a Carling V-series by looking on the side of the switch. Among other batch impressions, it will have a (4) digit part number starting with a “V” (such as “V1D1″).
Our actuators will also fit other manufacturers of V-series switches too, if it looks like the switch bodies pictured on this website, and your switch body is approx 1 3/4″ x 7/8” then 99% likely it will fit. Send us a photo of the switch if you want to make sure and we’ll let you know for sure.
It really looks great as a backlight… a far superior product because the text and symbol are really visible and night-readable, when a symbol printed onto is nearly always washed out/through by the light from the switch body behind it.
Rocker Switch Pros is actually a product line of the popular New Wire Marine custom marine switch and dash panel brand. We are one in same, with all the great customer service, reliability and innovation our New Wire Marine customers have come to expect. In fact, as a Rocker Switch Pros customer you have access to all the custom panel board manufacturing switch panel fabrication New Wire Marine offers. Contact us for more info on that.
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