jabarnett

Dumb question but I'm new to this so ill ask anyways . I just bought some led lights but I need a 12 v power where would be the best place to get it from without messing up anything ?

RavenZ33

What is the purpose of the lights? If auxiliary style lights for the exterior, I would run them directly to the battery with an internal switch to control them.
For the interior to light up the foot wells, I ran mine to my mirror adjuster knob in the lower dash bc it can be dimmed with the rest of the interior lights.

jabarnett

Wow good info and no relays

Jersey_Devil

No u will still need a basic Aux relay that u can get at any auto parts store & an in line fuse

karls

And how many/ what size are the lights? If it's something like a footwell light then you don't need a relay since it doesn't add that much draw to the system. If it's a 50" bar then use a relay and a fuse.

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k0260

I tapped my foot well led strips into the dome light wire. Clean and painless.

jabarnett

It's the waterproof leds string that I bought from eBay very bright but just asking how to hook up , don't sound to hard , I do want to do the dome light so they go on when the dome lights do seems cool and one little strip under hood ,

jabarnett

They are the water proof leds string that u can get from ebay they seem easy . I want to do the dome one sounds easy and cool to do and would like to put a string under the hood for light

RavenZ33

My footwell lights that I installed, I wired them directly into the control switch for my mirrors. Which makes them dimmable with the remainder of the lights. However a light bar I would run directly to the battery and run a control switch inside the cab. Wiring it directly to the battery you don't need to worry about flickering.

951JEEP

No. I definitely would not advise to run them directly to that battery with a single switch to control them. You need to install a 12v relay to wire them appropriately. Depending on the wire used and load on the circuit, wiring them directly to the battery could create excessive heat and cause a potential fire.