Those go from $435 to $455 to $520. To be frank, I don't get it. I get that the one has a gauge hole (that I don't want) and it seems like the other has LED switches? And it looked like they were dimmer? This is something I want as I hate superfluous light in the cabin at night, but almost $100 for switches? I'm a bit lost.
All it's going to be used for is bumper, reverse, and rock lights. Also for an air compressor. This is a '12 Rubicon, so nothing too crazy for the future from an electrical standpoint.
I wouldnt choose the top 2. I had the air gauge one starting off and i didnt like it, because when you have lockers and air hose adapter connected you can not have the air gauge work. The last one uses duel leds for the switches. The button to the left turns on the bottom row of leds when you turn your switch on it lights up as well. When you get customized switches that when this comes in handy. One you can see what you are turning on and two the upper lights let you know its on. Well worth the investment. Also gets rid of the birds nest under the dash.
I'm going to be in the market for an Spod next year as well and I have a question to follow up on the op's first question. What exactly does the Genesis thing do? Since I don't know what it is I've just said I don't need it, but I've been curious as to what it actually does.
Im also torn between buying the cheaper 6 switch set up or the more pricy 8 switch SE version.
What you are referring to is a system that uses an eithernet cable and allow up to 32 different circuits on one spod . It also has a touch screen that you can program for different accessories. I dont really understand how you can conect 32 different devices into it. I have a 6 switch and im happy with that. Plus on my TJ i had to use one of the switch slots for when i switched over to an electric fan. On my 6 switches i have light bar, pillar lights, rock lights, compressor, front locker, rear locker. That all i need to do my thing. I have a saying KISS (keep it simple stupid) if you know your not going to be running a crap tone of things just keep it simple to a 6 switch, unless your going to run a lot of unusefull lights then go with the Genesis system.
I bought the one with Dual LED's ($520). I'm sure you can get the non LED version without the gauge hole.
Reason I went with LED was I thought they might be dimmer than the other... don't know if it is since I can't compare, but it works for me.
The other reason was I wanted to be able to have the ability to turn on the bottom row of lights (but I never do because I really don't like the added light in the cabin, but it is handy if you have several switches and don't want to fumble in the dark)
Also, I wired electric lockers into the sPod, I was able to run the indicator switch from the locker into the lower LED. So when I use my lockers, the upper light indicates the switch is on, and the lower light confirms they are locked, just like factory. It even blinks until they are locked.
My only regret was getting blue instead of green. Does anyone know if I can change to green by just changing switch covers? Or do I need to replace the whole switch?
I really wish this product was available in a 4 switch configuration. Would bring the price down and for me a weekend warrior fit my needs. Hard to justify spending that money and having 2 empty slots.
Ok so taking some time to watch some of the video's at spod I now understand what it is all about and makes the cost seem way more tolerable, and makes it sooo much cleaner under the hood. It is officially on my to do list now, do they give any discounts have any sales anyone knows of?
Can someone please clarify..
I will be ordering the SPOD soon and not sure which to order.
The single lit ($435) or the dual lit($520)
If I will be replacing all the switches with the OTRATTW switches anyway do I just order the cheaper single lit and get the Dual lit switches from OTRATTW and save the cost?
I got the normal one as an early birthday present and love it. I was pretty anal about cable routing and it was just 2 hours to install.
But to answer your question, I bet you need to dual lit one as you won't get juice to the "off" side of the switch. Others could verify I'm sure though.
The single lit will not have the button to power on the lower lights, the wiring to power those lights, or the connectors to receive the pins from the dual-led switches.
The duels have a bit more wiring involved as it has a switch to turn on etc. I bet it would cost you more to do it yourself. I have the duel lit and love it however, having the button for the light I have never really used.
SO are you saying that you rarely leave the bottom row of lights on ?
Just trying to decide if the extra cost of the dual lit is worth it and if I will actually use it ????
And look at how clean that wiring is! As I mentioned I did a bunch of research on this and to keep the wiring as clean would have cost darn near what the spod cost. I definitely think it's worth the mild premium and hours of saved time.
Yes, you have to push the button to turn the lights on. The button toggles the lights between on and off...so, if you press the button to turn them on they will stay on until you press the button again to turn them off. By default those lights are wired hot though (list like the rest of the SPOD), so they will not go off when you kill the ignition. There is a post on the forums here that shows how to splice that into the ignition, but I got the SPOD to avoid that kind of stuff so I never did it.
The gauge is to read the pressure in an air tank, but it is not required to use an air compressor with the SPOD...it is just another feature much like the lower LEDs. I use the ARB dual wired off the SPOD with no gauge and have had no issues.
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