(I am on limited internet while camping or I could spend the MBs looking this up myself, so if anybody has nothing better to do, please look this up and give me the link so I can go straight to that and see the right wire to wire diagram or description, thanks)OK , I am replacing the original Lippert switch with one I got at an RV shop. The package does not give a wiring diagram. Rats.Lippert- Green switch wire to red motor wire (outboard wire at IN end)-Red switch wire to black motor wire (outboard wire at OUT end)Note: actual motor has two wires one red one white- the "Lippert" red and black "motor wires" go to these two wires.-Black wire to battery positive (middle wire)-Two whites on switch combined at the trailer white to ground wireRV Care (rvcare.ca) Switch (Made by American Technology Components)-Outboard wire at IN end- black-Outboard wire at OUT end-red-Middle wire-greenSecond wire in at IN end -yellowSecond wire in at OUT end-blackI have tried various ways and got either the IN or OUT to work but never both, plus I have burnt out four 30a fuses so I have given up fooling around. :( Monday is a holiday here so I will have to wait till Tuesday to go back and get a wiring diagram or else maybe one of you good folks can give me a steer to the right way to match these wires. (five switch wires, four trailer wires.) Thanks.

You do have a meter with ohms scaleMake a connection chart start with the old switchSwitch of measure all wires to other wires, red to blk, red to green ,red to white etc.. Then green to bulk, gen to whit.Now switch in and measure againSwitch out measure againWrite all of it downDo it again with new switchIt's not about wire colorsIt's all about which connections close , when going one way or the otherOnce you have it written down, you can match toe open and closed connections in each direction to the correct color wiresExample red and green connected on old switch might pressed "IN"Might match yellow and people connected when pressed "IN" , on new switch

Thanks Mr Wiz, but I already failed the IQ test on that and am running out of 30a fuses! Note the old switch is fried so I can't check anything with it except try to match wire to wire.The main thing is the old switch has two whites that go to ground, so it is simple. The new switch is just weird how it is laid out. My brain is scrambled on overload so a diagram would be good about now,thanks, though. Maybe your reply will make more sense to me after I settle down. :(

Check the switch for continuity on all posts/wires with the switch NOT powered, first. This is the same as Mr. Wizard stated. Yes, you can use the older switch if it's functional.

westend wrote:Check the switch for continuity on all posts/wires with the switch NOT powered, first. This is the same as Mr. Wizard stated. Yes, you can use the older switch if it's functional.First off you can "power" the switch with whichever wire(s) is/are the neg(s) to either the battery pos or neg as long as you put the switch pos wire(s) (whichever ones they really are--several seem to work!!! )on the other pole's wire from the battery.You can swap wires to the motor and get it to go in or out (reversing the two 12v motor wires makes it go in or out) So you can go INSANE swapping battery neg and pos and motor neg and pos and then there is always an extra wire left over (five on four) so you can't do both in and out like it is supposed to unless you know the SECRET. :( Also the two black wires are great for which one blows the fuse while the other doesn't. Argggh!Somebody please let me in on the American Technology method to go where the Lippert switch went. Even a 7-pin onto a Chev with its funny wire colours wasn't this bad! :)

I can't make heads or tails out of the instructions. If your Lippert slide works the same as my previous one did, the slide switch is a DPDT, center-off, polarity reversing switch. Either the two motor wires or the two power wires go to the switch center terminals. It can work either way. Then the two sets of outer terminals on the switch are connected in crisscross fashion, i.e. upper right to lower left, and lower right to upper left. The power or motor wires, whichever aren't hooked to the center terminals, connect to either end of the switch's outer terminals where the crisscrossed wires are. If the slide operates backwards, reverse either the motor or power wires. This is all where the switch operates the motor directly. If a relay or controller is involved, it will be different.

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MrWizard
Moderator
Aug 02, 2014
You do have a meter with ohms scale

Make a connection chart start with the old switch
Switch of measure all wires to other wires, red to blk, red to green ,red to white etc.. Then green to bulk, gen to whit.

Now switch in and measure again

Switch out measure again

Write all of it down

Do it again with new switch

It's not about wire colors
It's all about which connections close , when going one way or the other

Once you have it written down, you can match toe open and closed connections in each direction to the correct color wires

Example red and green connected on old switch might pressed "IN"
Might match yellow and people connected when pressed "IN" , on new switch
BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2014
Thanks Mr Wiz, but I already failed the IQ test on that and am running out of 30a fuses! Note the old switch is fried so I can't check anything with it except try to match wire to wire.

The main thing is the old switch has two whites that go to ground, so it is simple. The new switch is just weird how it is laid out. My brain is scrambled on overload so a diagram would be good about now,
thanks, though. Maybe your reply will make more sense to me after I settle down. :(
westend
Explorer
Aug 03, 2014
Check the switch for continuity on all posts/wires with the switch NOT powered, first. This is the same as Mr. Wizard stated. Yes, you can use the older switch if it's functional.
BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2014
westend wrote:
Check the switch for continuity on all posts/wires with the switch NOT powered, first. This is the same as Mr. Wizard stated. Yes, you can use the older switch if it's functional.

First off you can "power" the switch with whichever wire(s) is/are the neg(s) to either the battery pos or neg as long as you put the switch pos wire(s) (whichever ones they really are--several seem to work!!! )on the other pole's wire from the battery.

You can swap wires to the motor and get it to go in or out (reversing the two 12v motor wires makes it go in or out) So you can go INSANE swapping battery neg and pos and motor neg and pos and then there is always an extra wire left over (five on four) so you can't do both in and out like it is supposed to unless you know the SECRET. :( Also the two black wires are great for which one blows the fuse while the other doesn't. Argggh!

Somebody please let me in on the American Technology method to go where the Lippert switch went. Even a 7-pin onto a Chev with its funny wire colours wasn't this bad! :)
Wayne_Dohnal
Explorer
Aug 03, 2014
I can't make heads or tails out of the instructions. If your Lippert slide works the same as my previous one did, the slide switch is a DPDT, center-off, polarity reversing switch. Either the two motor wires or the two power wires go to the switch center terminals. It can work either way. Then the two sets of outer terminals on the switch are connected in crisscross fashion, i.e. upper right to lower left, and lower right to upper left. The power or motor wires, whichever aren't hooked to the center terminals, connect to either end of the switch's outer terminals where the crisscrossed wires are. If the slide operates backwards, reverse either the motor or power wires.

This is all where the switch operates the motor directly. If a relay or controller is involved, it will be different.
MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Aug 03, 2014
enblethen
Nomad
Aug 03, 2014
There is two different wiring, old and new.
Lippert switch wiring
BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2014
Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, it is not about terminals it is about wires only. No terminals show. Mex shows six but there are five wires. No idea what goes on inside the switch.

The Lippert switch is easy to understand since it has two white wires that both go to trailer ground. The three remaining wires are also easy since the middle bhack wire is for trailer battery positive. That leaves only two wires to pick which one goes where to get IN and OUT right.

This switch I want to connect also has five wires, but you can't figure which are the two that go to the same place. The two blacks are not the same like the Lippert's two whites.
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EDIT--yes they are according to the new switch diagram, but not if you use the yellow as the red like I was doing :) What an episode!

Only hope is that the company has a diagram on its website showing how to adapt theirs to Lippert's. That is what I am asking for, or else I have to wait till mid week to get some help (I failed to note at the RV shop that the package did not contain instructions for which wire is which, and also did not ask them while there. I screwed up. )
BFL13
Explorer II
Aug 03, 2014
enblethen wrote:
There is two different wiring, old and new.
Lippert switch wiring

SAVED!! Blessings be upon you. :)
enblethen
Nomad
Aug 03, 2014
Hope it solved your problem!

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