LED Bedlights
01-30-2015, 01:10 PM
#871
MurderFX - Thanks for the measurement for the hole...looks like I'll be getting a new step drill bit on the way home from work today! It's never a bad thing to buy a tool that will have so many more uses in life...I'll just have to create new projects to use it for!
RockWVU - I've read this whole thread - there are plenty of options and pros/cons for each one, depending on how you wish the lights to operate, and how you use your truck... I've weighed the options and I am wiring to the battery with a dedicated switch in the bed. This is most convenient for me and my needs/uses.
RockWVU - I've read this whole thread - there are plenty of options and pros/cons for each one, depending on how you wish the lights to operate, and how you use your truck... I've weighed the options and I am wiring to the battery with a dedicated switch in the bed. This is most convenient for me and my needs/uses.
01-30-2015, 01:27 PM
#872
Senior Member
MurderFX - Thanks for the measurement for the hole...looks like I'll be getting a new step drill bit on the way home from work today! It's never a bad thing to buy a tool that will have so many more uses in life...I'll just have to create new projects to use it for! RockWVU - I've read this whole thread - there are plenty of options and pros/cons for each one, depending on how you wish the lights to operate, and how you use your truck... I've weighed the options and I am wiring to the battery with a dedicated switch in the bed. This is most convenient for me and my needs/uses.
I preferred the direct to the battery approach as well. I've never had a toggle switch go bad, and with the electrical nightmares I've heard about with these trucks, I wasn't about to splice into anything.
02-13-2015, 08:51 PM
#873
If you're not yet set on where to draw power from, you may be interested in how I did mine. I ran a dedicated and fused line from battery to rear of truck. Goal: have enough juice for anything I'd ever want without tapping a factory circuit, which may limit me. I ran#10 (or #8?) through split loom and around/through frame under the truck. I used a relay to power the aux reverse lights (feed from large line, but triggered from tow system's rev lighting). Also, I like to power items at the rear of the truck through a exterior rated 12v socket, so added that in truck bed. Then installed bed lights, fed from large line, through toggle switch. Just bought a pin switch a few weeks ago and will install in warmer weather so bed lights only come on web gate opens. Good luck with your choices!
02-14-2015, 01:28 AM
#874
Senior Member
Ever since I put bed lighting in I get the "power off to save battery" text when I turn the ignition off.
I have power coming directly off of the battery with an inline fuse.
Any idea how to make it stop doing this?
I have power coming directly off of the battery with an inline fuse.
Any idea how to make it stop doing this?
02-14-2015, 11:15 AM
#875
Does it only do it when the lights are on? Or all the time? Where did you get your power from?
02-15-2015, 12:04 AM
#876
Senior Member
02-15-2015, 02:44 PM
#877
F150 Owner Since 1999..
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02-15-2015, 03:15 PM
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