1983 skinautiuqe toggle switches

Do you have any pictures of the switch you need or part number off of it? How many poles are on the back?

I don't know Larry. But I do know this without the original poster posting a picture of what they need it leaves out us seasoned boat parts horders who often don't even know what we end up with. Got these from the Godfather at the river run a number of years ago. No one wanted them they were going to get thrown out. I have 1 single pole and several 3 pole? on/off/on ones.

That photo i found was good enough to remind me of what they looked like. Sort of translucent handles, pinkish/reddish, look like handles that light up, but pretty sure they dont. Npt sure original matters in this case. I replaced the 3 or 4 toggles on my tique a few times. Dont seem to like water environments. One batch looked like the ones you are showing Gary, another time they had more the paddle style, another time, just the standard "tear drop" type metal handle. If you do them all probably doesnt matter, unless you are hard core "keep it original" which I do understand as well. They look something like this except this one doesnt look tinted

8122pbrainard wrote: Gary S wrote: and several 3 pole? ] 2 pole double throw.

75 Tique wrote: Dees dem?

Those are it sir

They are Carling switches. The one I need is a 4 pole switch for the bilge pump

I'm not sure all I know is that's what it had oem and that's what I'm looking for

Tydamon wrote: I'm not sure all I know is that's what it had oem and that's what I'm looking for

Tyler,
A four pole double throw switch will have 12 terminals on it.



How many terminals does your original switch have? 6?

Tyler,
Before you go getting a switch, what's up with yours's? Have you done some testing to determine it's bad?

Larry,
Thanks and you may be correct. We'll see if we get the picture. I think Tyler was confused after our retired phone man posted his take on poles.

Tyler,
If you are sending Ken the picture, great as he can post it.

Regarding posting pictures, this is from a previous thread:

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Here are Tyler's pictures.

Should be posting info here about switch positions etc either ON OFF ON or ON OFF

Guess that goes back to what has been said in the past, about how CC would use what ever is handy. Why else that switch for just on and off? Tho another possibility is that a PO got in there and fiddled with the wiring. Per Ken's question, what are the throws on that switch, maybe at one time (I have no idea if this was even a thing in the 80's ) maybe it had three positions (and more wires) with off - on - auto?

Sometimes I (not being overly smart about such things) look at the back of toggle switches with an odd, no not odd, a strange number of poles, and wonder, what does that switch do, what is going on inside of it?

Tydamon wrote: so I need to switch with four posts on it. I know we have old boats but I wish there's a website that sold things for these old boats

Tyler,
Does the bilge pump switch have 3 wires connected to it? Does it have a center off position? (with the toggle handle broken off, this may be hard to determine) Is there a float switch in the bilge? As mentioned, a on-off-on switch would be manually on one way, off center and then automatic the other position via the float switch.

Here's the typical wiring for a on-off-automatic pump. Where's the 4th wire go?