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Surface mount switches?

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I've got some decent halogen mounts that screw into the short wooden batons under the headlining (presumably holdsworth original) above the side windows. They look & work great.

My challenge now is switchgear.

I could use inline switches, e.g. those for table lamps, but I'd like something smarter. Metal ideally.

I'm drawing a blank at the moment. Nothing I can find at Maplin or Mr Resistor.

Any suggestions?

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Titus A Duxass wrote:Have a look here - http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... s/push.php

Couldn't see any surface mount switches there either.

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Personally I'd move away from Halogen lighting. Very power hungry and far too hot for a small vehicle imho.

Can't help with the switches either - sorry.
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andisnewsyncro wrote:Personally I'd move away from Halogen lighting. Very power hungry and far too hot for a small vehicle imho.

Yep. More precisely, this is what I've done:

GU5.3 Mounts
5W LED Warm White Bulbs

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That's looking good. I'll give them a call, work out how it surface mounts. Cheers dan.

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