Need electrical help
02-26-2008, 10:52 PM
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Need electrical help
hey guys, i am getting some amber warning lights for my truck and i was wondering if i can put 4 lights on cigarette plug adapters? if not what else could i do besides run wiring from my battery
02-26-2008, 11:41 PM
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Where are you mounting the lights?
I have my cb and my relay for my light bar pluged into the cig lighter, but it is only tempory untill if get everythign wired up. Its ugly IMO, when you could just tap into any 12v source and ground it.
I have my cb and my relay for my light bar pluged into the cig lighter, but it is only tempory untill if get everythign wired up. Its ugly IMO, when you could just tap into any 12v source and ground it.
03-04-2008, 10:17 AM
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You probably have just two wires. One of which is a power wire and the other is a ground. One will plug up to the battery or a powered source like the cig lighter and the other to a metal-to-metal connection.
Meaning:: Splice into a power wire by using a wire spilce clamp (see below)
Place both wires in a the clamp and press down.
For the ground just find a metal screw tighened
into the frame or somewhere metal and put the
wire in between the metal surface and the screw
and tighten down.
Hope this helps! Good luck
Meaning:: Splice into a power wire by using a wire spilce clamp (see below)
Place both wires in a the clamp and press down.
For the ground just find a metal screw tighened
into the frame or somewhere metal and put the
wire in between the metal surface and the screw
and tighten down.
Hope this helps! Good luck
Last edited by ukjonese; 03-04-2008 at 10:20 AM.
03-04-2008, 11:31 PM
#5
Paint it black
also you could add a add a fuse from the fuse box in the cab and you toss in a fuse, its sold at autozone and is great for adding accessories under 15 amps