Product Description

Backlit Rocker Switch – Nav Anc

This genuine Carling rocker switch labeled “Nav Anc” is manufactured by laser marking, NOT printing.   Laser technology allows for a stunning backlight effect.  It is a great upgrade to our popular Contura II style Nav Anc rocker switch.

This product is the ENTIRE SWITCH combo and includes both the switch body and the labeled cover.  Find the laser-etched Nav Anc switch cover sold separately here. This is an ON-OFF-ON switch, and is meant to trigger the navigation and anchor lights in the same switch (Both when up, anchor only when down).

Note this switch uses a 10-terminal body with two independently powered lamps. Each lamp can be wired to its own backlighting or indication circuit. This provides maximum flexibility, but neither lamp automatically serves as the dependent ON-status indicator.

Switch Features:

• Stunning readability in the dark
• Two independently powered lamps – each lamp circuit can be wired separately
• 7 illumination color options: warm white incandescent, blue, red, cool white, green, amber, or bright red LED
• Laser-etched – no ink to wear off

How Does the Backlighting Work?

• Laser marking the cover allows light to be visible only where we have marked
• Text and symbol markings illuminate – not the normal ink over a lens
• Top and bottom lamps each have their own independent lamp circuit
• Wire each lamp to the desired backlighting or indication circuit; neither lamp automatically follows the switched circuit

Not sure which terminal count matches your wiring? Compare 7-, 8-, and 10-terminal NAV/ANC switch bodies in our selection guide.

(read more about how our illuminated rocker switches work here)

Rocker Switch Tech Specs:

• Voltage Rating: 12Vdc
• Current Rating: 20A
• Circuit: DPDT
• Position: ON-OFF-ON
• Water Protection: IP68 (waterproof to >1m submersion)
• Terminal Count: 10
• Terminal Style: 0.250″ Quick Connect (spades)
• Body P/N: VJD2-U66B (warm white incandescent), VJD2-UXXB (blue), VJD2-UCCB (red), VJD2-UWWB (cool white), VJD2-UEEB (green), VJD2-UKKB (amber), VJD2-UQQB (bright red)
• Contact Life: 150,000 cycles
• Lamp Life: 10,000 hours (warm white variant), 100,000 hours (LED variants)

Translation: An exceptionally high-quality rocker switch.  Genuine Carling Technologies – no knock-offs.  This switch will last in the harsh marine environment for years to come.

Download the full spec sheet here

How Our Switches Are Better:

1. Genuine Carling switches – We’ll never try and pass off cheap Chinese knock-offs like some of our competitors. You’ve probably seen other sites list a switch as “fits carling”… that’s a red flag.  All our switches are the genuine article.  And like all cheaply made counterfeits, you CAN tell the difference.
2. Night Illumination – Unlike printing, our laser marking technology allows stunning readability in the dark.
3. Support – We know this product inside and out and are happy to help our customers.  Need help wiring up one of our products, call us… seriously: (843) 297-8348
4. Guarantee – While Carling does not offer a warranty, we’re so confidant in the quality; that if your switch breaks within 2 years, you can return it for a free replacement!

Will It Fit?

This rocker switch will replace any Carling V-series or Contura style rocker switch.  That includes Contura style switches sold by Carling, Sierra, Blue Sea Systems, Sea-Dog, etc.  It uses an industry-standard 1.45″  x 0.83″ mounting hole.

Wiring Info & Wiring Diagram:

This 10-terminal NAV/ANC switch can be wired for navigation-and-anchor lights in one ON position and anchor-only lighting in the other. Its two independent lamp circuits and jumpers must be wired intentionally for the desired backlight and indication behavior.

Confirm the exact terminal layout, jumper connections, and lamp wiring against the 10-terminal NAV/ANC wiring diagram before installation.

Accessories:

• Mounting Panels: End, Middle, Single
• Switch Gasket
• Quick Connect Terminals

On Contura Styles and Colors:

This Nav Anc illuminated rocker switch is a special Contura V style made to be laser engraved, as pictured above.  It is a similar shape, but different texture and appearance than contura V switches that are meant to be printed.  As you can see in the images there is no lens… the etching actually becomes the lens.  So generally folks do not mix and match these switches, even among printed Contura Vs.

We carry this switch with warm white incandescent lamps or blue, red, cool white, green, amber, or bright red LEDs.  The illumination only affects the lighting, not the color of the engraving.