Air compressor switch pilot light

[strutaeng]

Hey guys, does anybody know how to connect a pilot light to an air compressor pressure switch?

This is what I want to do: I want to have a visual indication that the air compressor is "on" when it is not cycling. I have a lighted switch connected to the pressure switch, but the light does not work because the pressure switch cuts power to the switch. Make sense? I'm thinking I need a resistor or relay in the circuit.

This little air compressor I'm working on does not have a check valve/unloader valve, but still works just fine, so I'm not concerned about starting with the pump loaded.

 

[larry_g]

On that diagram you would break the tab off and then run a jumper wire from the brass screw to the lower screw on the left of the cooper switch pictured.

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