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Old 02-18-2015, 12:00 AM
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You can follow the diagram, or just tap into the center wire coming out of your trailer harness and ground it to the frame, and than you have reverse lights. Took me about 15 to 20 minutes and they work great been using them everyday, because I back into every parking spot.
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Originally Posted by kidastra
lol funny. ok i'll leave your diagram alone
(psst, good call - critiquing volunteer efforts is like like seasoning coffee with salt. lol )
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You can follow the diagram, or just tap into the center wire coming out of your trailer harness and ground it to the frame, and than you have reverse lights. Took me about 15 to 20 minutes and they work great been using them everyday, because I back into every parking spot.
Yup, agreed, especially with low wattage led lighting only. The fused 10 gauge wire feed was because I am powering 12v devices in the truck bed, auxiliary reverse lighting, and bed lighting. (Hey, camping in the rough can be tough lol)
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I hooked up some LEDs in the bed for just for camping. Of course I have 32' traveler trailer that sits on a couple of lots right next to a lake. So it's a little more like glamping. I just like the idea of the LED for loading and on loading in the dark.
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I made the mistake of order my bed LEDs off one of the expensive sites. Once [MENTION=186743]sigma pi[/MENTION] pointed out that I could get the same LEDs of of Amazon and I seen how easy it was to solder the leads I started putting LEDs on everything. I think I will put some on my wife's escape next week.
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Originally Posted by kidastra
your diagram is for what exactly? Its missing a ground for the 12v receptacle, in automotive wiring you never need to run a negative wire from the battery as everything metal is grounded. I'm assuming you have auxiliary backup lights and that's what the relay is for. Much cleaner diagram then I could ever make, just trying to understand it.
i've read that the battery ground should not be used and i have grounded everything to the chassis on my projects but i wonder why you can't ground to the battry any idea why?
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