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For what It’s worth, I recently had both my lift motor and electric

I do not have the electric lift. But from past discussions, the switch is wired as in the attached pic.
When the switch is thrown down as shown in the picture. The upper sets of contacts are connected. In this case #1 is connected to #2, and #4 is connected to #5. If you trace the circuit, the motor should move in a certain direction because current will flow through the motor. (Note the direction of current flow if going from (-) to (+) on the battery.)

When the switch is thrown up as shown in the picture. The lower sets of contacts are connected. In this case #2 is connected to #3 and #5 is connected to #6. If you trace the circuit, the motor should move in the opposite direction because current will flow through the motor in the opposite direction as before (Note the direction, again tracing from (-) to (+) on the battery.)

If the jumpers on your DPDT are configured criss crossed like in the drawing, you can troubleshoot without blowing a fuse or tripping a breaker. I hope this helps.

Todd T

tavares0947 at gmail.com

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Todd Tavares

Motor Lift