Michael B

I am now using a 50 amp toggle with a 30 amp fuse.

It works and looks fine so I don't think Ill spend the money.

Also Ames is refunding my money for both switches.

Thanks for your input.

I have asked Midway  if their switch will hold the 30 Amps I need.

Still waiting for a reply. I have temporarily put in an inline fuse from the battery.

Thanks Del,

If I had this info three weeks ago it would have been great. I just spent almost two hundred dollars on two Chinese made switches that failed and because I had to splice the wires I don't yet know if I will get my money back.

I really appreciate the info and if I get a refund I will buy this. For now a nice chrome switch looks and works fine.

Mike

Thanks Frosty but I didn't have the right tools to make a rectangular hole.

I went to NAPA and bought a 50A switch and drilled a nice round hole and it works perfectly.

Thank you and all you guys that put in their 2 cents.

The pump works fine. It's the switch that fails. Both of the Ames switches failed right after the second usage.  Total cost $183. I'm waiting to hear back from Ames to see if they will refund my money.  They may not because I had to make some minor alterations to the wiring. The failure was that the toggle no longer would return to neutral and had to be manually shut down. No heat was present that I could feel.

Sorry I didn't explain that before.

I think it is just the cheap Chinese crap.

I'm going to see what's available from my local auto supply stores and just mount a new switch somewhere on or under the dash.

I also need to know if I need a reverse polarity switch.

The pump is hydraulic.

I guess this shows how uneducated I am.

Why won't a heavy duty SPDT switch work?

I bought one but they lied. They said it was 30 AMP but the stamp on the switch says 10 Amp.

I am going tomorrow to find a heavy duty one.

Think it will work?

I don't know enough about relays to try and hook it up.

So I bought a new switch from Ames and it failed. So I bought another one and it failed worse. I'm waiting to see if they will honor the return because it said it did not fit my car. Probably my bad. Will use another switch somewhere on the dash as one of you recommended. Thanks

Thanks again Steve once I find the original switch that site will be very helpful.

Thanks guys but being new here I can't figure out how to post additional pics. HELP !!!

On my way out now will post new pics later.

Thanks