Many people have questions about the terms we use when discussing New Wire Marine’s line of labeled Carling Contura V-series Rocker Switches... So here’s an overview of this great switch:
Carling Technologies created a rocker switch called “contura” and it quickly became the go-to rocker switch for many industries including marine use. Several other brands now manufacture contura style switches as well (all are pretty much interchangeable with each other), but nearly all major boat manufacturers now use this style switch.
These little guys come in many combinations including different actuators styles, poles, throws, lighting options, lighting type, voltage rating, terminal style, barrier style, etc.
The switch has two parts a Switch Body, and an Actuator (shown below). The actuator snaps onto the body to create an entire switch combo. All V-series contura actuators are interchangeable with all switch bodies.
The switch body:
The switch actuator:
The actuator can pop off easily with a tool like this, or if you pull it pretty hard it will snap off as well… I wouldn’t do this too many times though or risk breaking the latch, especially with an older switch.
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