LED toggle switch wiring advice needed

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I could do with a little tech advice re wiring in the LED toggle switches I have. I built a switch box a while back using toggle switches with blue LEDs in the ends which lit up when you turned the switch on these were fairly easy to sus re what went into what re -ve and +ve etc

In line with my new build I have purchased some with yellow LEDs in the ends, however the terminal layout is not quite so obvious, and annoyinly have one of the terminals coming off the bottom of the unit. It has the earth symbol on it, so is that -ve in a PC case? also, there is a what looks like a screw hole between the other two terminals marked with the same symbol so I might be able to use that instead saving me having to try to bend the other terminal round to make it fit.

If anyone would be kind enough to show me how to wire these in, the feed will be from molex off the PSU, and the output will need to go into a CCFL inverter as per the current set up

Pictures of how the existing switches are wired in, and the new switches for comparison.

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I would say the leg sticking out the side is the ground, the one with the + in a circle by it would be where you would connect to the power for the inverter (the thing you wish to turn on) and the other one which looks like it has a symbol of a lamp on it would be where the power for the LED will go. I would connect the ground to the inverter power wire.

humm...I've confused myself now.

Your best bet is to get out a multi-meter and see how the open/closed circuit changes when you flick the switch.

A datasheet would really help too
 
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Use multimeter to check operation of switch.
(what's connected to where in different positions)
 
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