switch panel light 40 Sea Ray

[giangi]

Panel light

Does anybody knows where can I get a Strip light that goes on the back of the switch panel that lights the letters of every switch?
It is very difficult at night to see which switch it is.
Thanks

 

[giangi]

Does anybody knows where can I get a Strip light that goes on the back of the switch panel that lights the letters of every switch?
It is very difficult at night to see which switch it is.
Thanks​

 

[stephens013]

I had a similar issue before changing out the whole panel. I could not find any place that had the light strip. More importantly; I could not find any way to successfully reattach the light strip to the old panel. I tried every glue and tape system I could think of or was advised; the lights were working but the darned things would not stay attached to the back of the panel. Going to straight LED back lighting is not as big a deal as I originally thought. For me the big issue was the possibility of having to strip the switches out of the panel in order to fit some sort of mounting posts. I was considering epoxying plastic mounting posts and using an LED light strip. Or use white plastic strips and drill mounting holes to fit individual LED lights behind ever switch label; then wire them together in series. Might have been able to just pull the switch panel out far enough to do all this stuff but in the long run I elected to replace all three panels. The panels I got form Vector Imaging has the individual LED lights mounted in series. Think I was one of the last to get decent panels from Vector Imaging. Well kind of; I still ended up having to rebuild the LED mounting system for the switch panel. Easy part there was the switches were still installed on the old panel. If you go with an LED retro fit make sure you take out the capacitor that’s between the bright/dim switch and the existing lights. I got a lot of help redoing my LED lights from a local car accessory/lighting/stereo guy.