Pilot Performance Lighting PL-SW29 4 Channel Wireless Remote Switch, Black

Very fast shipping of a nice product. This 4 channel remote does exactly what it is supposed to do. The remote control has four buttons to control four channels individually. The key chain remote unit also has a small switch to lock/unlock the buttons. This feature is very nice when using this system as a remote "start" module (no accidental "hitting" the buttons). Each channel can be configured as momentary or latch on/off function. I read in other reviews that some people had (little) trouble figuring out the wiring..... that only happens if you have no clue about automotive wiring ;). This unit has 4 colored pairs of wires. A pair will show continuity between the wires when the relay (channel) is activated and will disconnect when deactivated. In a real world application you would run only one wire of the power supply through the relay (most likely the + wire ). Oh and before I forget.... the range of the remote is more than adequate too. I have not even used the antenna on the transmitter or even rolled out the antenna of the receiver.

This is a great device,easy to install, works great but as another reviewer noted ( and thanks for that) the instructions included are less then clear ( actually wrong),somethings are lost in translation. Each color matched pair of wires is separate power in and load out it doesn't matter which one.Then of course power and ground to the main unit. I wanted to install auxiliary lighting on my rig but could not find a way to get a switch wire from the engine compartment into the cab, no problem ,no wire with this.I Velcro'd the main unit to the top of my fuse box and the remote switch to the dash. This would be great for all sorts of accessories.

There are some very technical reviews here that cover quite a bit, so I won't re-hash things. I'll add that I purchased this for a marine application where I'm running two electric winches to raise a small boat out of the water. I use this remote control unit to supply power to a set of relays, so I do not pass much power through this unit. With the remote, I can easily raise or lower the port and starboard side winches. Because of the power draw of the winches I was concerned that I'd trip my electrical breakers if I tried to run both motors simultaneously. This turned out to be a non-issue though because the controller will only allow one output at a time. Whichever button is selected and held is the only function that will operate, regardless of what other buttons I press. Note too that this item should not be mounted in an engine room on a boat where it may be exposed to explosive gasoline fumes as it is not rated as such. I've never had to extend the little antenna as I'm working within a few feet of the receiving unit, so I don't know the total range. Overall I'm very happy with the unit and very pleased I purchased it.

If your installing offroad lights and your lazy like me and don't want to bother running wires through the fire wall, then this is the product for you. In my case, I knew I wasn't going to use the lights that much and they were more for show, so this setup fits the bill perfectly. Best of all, it is affordable and with 4 channels you can add more lights later. I can see a 100 uses for this cool device to control your 12 volt items. You could hook up 4 different 12volt devices to one of these and control them all with the handy 4 button remote. I'm going to have alot of fun with this, as I'm sure you will too! Awesome product so far with no issues. This is an update after 3 months of very little use. Water got in the control box and has failed :( at the time of purhase i bought a spare. So replacing the control box was easy and I relocated it in the engine compartment. The second one worked well for a few days, then my car battery started dieing. One night I noticed the control box was turning on the lights draining the battery down. So this is strike 2 with this product. The places I go camping, I can't afford to wake up to a dead car battery. When the 1st control box failed, I opened up the box and noticed the circuit card looked cheaply made and the quality was lacking. It's too bad, I really liked the concept of this product and it fits the bill. If the company would beef up the quality of the electronics and make the control box waterproof I would buy this product again. Until they do, this product is a crap shoot :(

Will echo what others have said : great unit, LOUSY instructions. I hooked mine up to a relay, using it as the trigger for the relay. Turns out that one of the two grey wires goes to the relay and the other to 12 volts. The instructions (if you call them that) are TERRIBLE....finally figured it out with the help of a google search. But, unit works great so far. Hope it LASTS, yet to be seen.

I purchased this product from Amazon with the sole intention of using it like a switch from my LED fire lights. This product was easy to install, and works great! The range is very good, and the remote even feel's heavy duty. And I love how the remote has it's own on/off switch. This way if one of my kids plays with it, it's harder for them to be able to actually turn on the lights. Right now I'm only using one of the 4 switches to power my LED's, but I am planning on using one of the other 3 to turn my strobes on/off when I get them installed in a week or so. With this, I don't even have to run any wires into the cab of my Frontier to use for switches, I just hit the remote, and I'm good to go!

With the antenna extended on the remote but not extended on the reciever this thing has at least 200' of range. Operation of the unit has been flawless so far. Lets hope it stays that way! Definitely 5 stars! Update: Purchased a second one of these on 1.27.14 and as some other reviewers stated, the product is misbuilt and does not have momentary capabilities. The instructions that come with it state that it should but the board does not have the removable jumpers necessary to configure it to do so. I compared my old one (bought in 2012) and my new one and they definitely aren't there so heads up if you need a box that does momentary! I kept the new box and put it into the project where I had the old one as that application does not require momentary.

I ordered this product to use on my emergency response vehicle to control my lights. I installed the product the right way by soldering and heat shrinking every connection. Well the night after I installed it, the unit turned my lights on at 1:30am all by itself. A state trooper drove by and saw them on and that started a whole night of police and fire officials in my driveway trying to figure out what was going on. I called the company, pilot automotive and explained the random relay activations. He recomended I hook it up a different way. After another 2 hours of solder and heat shrink... same problem.(now have 4 hours of work into this) Charles Jones (customer service manager) at pilot said that he would replace it if i mail the old one back. This would leave me without lights for the next two weeks on an emergency vehicle so i asked that they send out the new one and i will send the old back. He told me that he could not trust me to send it back and told me that I just want it all my way! You would think after all this mess they could bend the rules a little to help a customer that has been put through all this time and trouble! Sooo being that I am not going to be without the lights for the next two weeks and this company can't trust me over a $20 dollar item that they manufactured wrong... and took up 4 hours of my life.... not to mention the cops in the driveway at 1:30am.. i guess i'll just have to eat cost and buy a new one from another manufacturer. I SUGGEST YOU DO THE SAME!!!