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Joe Ramano
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023
Quality products
Alex
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2021
Works as it should
jon zumbrunnen
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2021
Built good. Made in the USA
Jose R
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2020
Nice and compact a little pricey have to have some electrical knowledge when installing, well-built
david crews
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2020
Junk. Do not buy this switch. First of all it this is what came in my boat when I bought it. In less than a year it failed. I bought the identical switch and it was bad out of the box.
Maureen
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2019
Installed in really old boat with some phantom loads while in storage. This switch helps in three ways. 1) cuts off all phantom loads, preserving the charge. 2) Allows a new solar charger to maintain the battery without any boat devices in the circuit. 3) I can now install a house / deep-cycle battery as #2 and run battery #1 or #2 or both, as needed.
Ben
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2019
Works fine, easy to install, looks quality built. Only knock on it not being a 5 star is sometimes the switch doesnt fully rotate between selections and can get stuck halfway so you have to be careful that it is pointing directly in the middle of each selection before moving
F5CobraGuy
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2019
Added a second battery to my pontoon boat. This switch filled the need very well. Very high quality. I installed it under the sun deck so it is out of the weather. I liked the options of taking the wires out any of four directions. Very positive detents for each position. Highly recommend.
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