Spare rocker switches ???

[L Grey papa]

I have a 2022 22 ft LSB. As most pontoons, I have 2 or 3 “spare” rocker switches on my dash. Does anyone know if these switches are already hot wired or not? Thanks as always for the help!

 

[ILLINOIS AVE]

I don't know but couldn't you look under the dash through your storage door and see if they are wired ?

 

[L Grey papa]

I definitely can but my boat is in winter storage and I was just curious if anyone knew right off.

 

[GWLK]

My extra switches are not wired. I believe they are for a Live Well, Wash Down Pump and other such items

 

[L Grey papa]

Thank you for the info. I am planning on putting the led lights around my boat and will be using my spare to wire those. I appreciate the info.

 

[falconscastle]

Mine are wired. I hooked up my depth/fish finder to the live well switch. It is fully powered. You just need to find the “outbound” wire from the switch and hook it up. As a side note, I sent an email to Bennington support and they sent me a wiring diagram for our pontoon so I could look for correct wires(by color). See attached on what they sent me.

 

[L Grey papa]

This is extremely helpful. I will reach out to Bennington to see if I can get this for mine. I really appreciate all this help from you all!!

 

[Potomacbassin’]

Mine are wired as well, as a double check you can toggle them and look for the backlight. So I guess the answer is "it depends".

Here's a photo of mine, dead rocker is lower right, just above the three breakers.

 

[L Grey papa]

Thank you so much for the pic! I’m close to getting mine from winter storage so I can check mine out. I preciate your time and help!!

 

[RangerMTB5]

My dead switches are wired live. 2020 boat.

 

[L Grey papa]

I’m hoping mine are. I want to put neon lights around my boat but am not very good with wiring. I’m thinking it will be much easier if mine are already wired up. Thanks for the response!!

 

[CLDave]

I don't have any dead switches anymore, but I did when I bought my 2021. They were all live and I've repurposed them (and installed different switch covers to label properly). See my DIY posts below for LEDs, underwater lights and side toon lights. Good luck!