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Old 12-27-2015, 09:20 PM
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Want to wire my KC's and light bar to come on alongside my fog lights. I don't want to mess with a switch. Is it as simple as tapping into the fog light harness (POS/NEG) or do I need a relay, additional fuse, or a switch?
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Originally Posted by brandonlear
Want to wire my KC's and light bar to come on alongside my fog lights. I don't want to mess with a switch. Is it as simple as tapping into the fog light harness (POS/NEG) or do I need a relay, additional fuse, or a switch?
Kc's draw too much power. You would blow the fuse. But you can wire up led bars all day. Just tap into the wiring.
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Originally Posted by the01kingranch
Kc's draw too much power. You would blow the fuse. But you can wire up led bars all day. Just tap into the wiring.
They're not KC's, I said that just to make it easy, they're actually round LED's. If KC made lights that were LED's these would be them. Am I able to wire both of these, and the light bar up to the fog lights?
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Get a relay and wire it up, instead of wiring a switch, tap the fog light harness and plug that into the relay where you would normally wire the switch.

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Originally Posted by brandonlear
Want to wire my KC's and light bar to come on alongside my fog lights. I don't want to mess with a switch. Is it as simple as tapping into the fog light harness (POS/NEG) or do I need a relay, additional fuse, or a switch?
Just like what was said before, you should use a relay.
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To clear the thread confusion. YES. Tap into the fog light wires directly. No fuse. No relay. Tap and done.
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Originally Posted by brandonlear
They're not KC's, I said that just to make it easy, they're actually round LED's. If KC made lights that were LED's these would be them. Am I able to wire both of these, and the light bar up to the fog lights?
KC does make LEDs
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Regardless of there LED or HID the CORRECT way to install them would be to wire to a relay AND fuse!

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Originally Posted by Z7What
Regardless of there LED or HID the CORRECT way to install them would be to wire to a relay AND fuse!

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So everyone who has done the 6" led bar mod and has had them for years has done it incorrectly?
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^ yep just because people do something half ***** doesn't make it right.


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