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VerifiedThank you for contacting Just Answer my name is***** will help you with your kill switch.
In your boat wire harness you should have 2 black/yellow wires. Are they the wires that were hooked up to your old switch?
Can you tell me the colors of the wires on the new switch?
Thank you, ***** ***** evening.
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