Thread: I hope someone here can help me with these ****ing nav lights

I have a Perko combo pole in bow and Perko all round in stern. Went to West Marine and bought a Cole Hersee On-Off-On toggle per 18-year old WM employee recommendation. I bought the lighted tip M-54111-02, shown here; Lighted Tip Toggle Switches | Cole Hersee - Littelfuse

Anyway, per WM dude, and trying to decipher the -poor directions on the package here is what I did;

Took positive wire from bow light to #1, and negative from bow light to - battery terminal.
Todd positive wire from stern light and split it with one going to #1 and the other going to #3.
Took negative from stern and went to - battery terminal.
Took wires from #2 and #4 and went to + battery terminal.
Took wire from #6 and went to - battery terminal.

Center position of switch, light on switch is white, all nav lights off.
Whether I go up or down with toggle, both bow and stern lights come on.

What am I doing?

If my boat wasnt' aluminum I'd burn it to the ground right about now.

MAN am I frustrated!

Thanks for letting me vent, at least, and any help anyone wants to offer would be greatly appreciated.