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    Advice for wiring a button to PowerBlock

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      anuraj1
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      Hi all, the PowerBlock works great for me with a separate switch and LED, but I bought a nice latching button with an LED inside it and I have no clue how to wire it. Any advice would be really appreciated!

      Here's the button: https://www.jacobsparts.com/items/LTCH-B7-BLU

      There is a wiring diagram at that URL but it makes little sense to me because it mentions "device" and "battery" and the two sharing pins or something, but with the power block, the wires come from one source.

      Any ideas?

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        anuraj1 @anuraj1
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        Nevermind, figured it out. Here's the Amazon link to the button and a pic showing the correct pins to wire in case anyone else is looking into this switch. It's really nice and works great.

        JacobsParts Latching Pushbutton ON/OFF Maintained Power Switch Circular Metal Silver with Blue LED fits 1-1/8" (28mm) Diameter Panel Cutout Hole

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          petrockblog Global Moderator
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          Glad to hear that :-)

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