Panel pin switches

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I have this fear that I’m going to drive off with a panel open and have it hit something like a tree branch. So a couple months ago I made some rough brackets to hold some hood pin switches, which I wired up to an led in the cab. Now I can clearly see if a panel is open without having to walk around my truck, or try to find the right angle to see my panels in my side mirrors.

I used a few of these:

wired to one of these:

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The brackets I made aren’t pretty, but they are out of the way and I don’t notice them much:

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@ervandew, is that a mosquito net panel in the last shot? Do you have a photo that shows it in full? Looks like an interesting approach and I’d love to know more because I’m about to build some. Thanks.

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I’ve got some pis and a link to the screen I modified in my build thread:

https://forum.gofastcampers.com/t/erics-2016-tacoma-dclb-gfc-build/

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Thanks. I had see that build thread but missed the screens there. The build looks great - lots of creative solutions.