How to: Reverse lights with internal/external aux switches. Multiple Relays
#11
Awesome thread! I was trying to think of a way to do exactly this setup. I'll be using two halogens under the rear bumper and two 7" led bars under the headache rack for additional lighting in the bed
#12
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why 2 relay's?
I use an on/off/on switch
http://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attac...6&d=1394764654
running bed lights I just tapped off the main power and another switch
I use an on/off/on switch
http://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attac...6&d=1394764654
running bed lights I just tapped off the main power and another switch
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BlueSpark (01-22-2018)
#14
One set of lights, three switches
Hello
Thanks for the wiring diagram it has me on my way. I'm wiring LED bed rail lights and I would like to operate them from 3 sources. The In-Cab bed light switch, a pushbutton switch in the bed and finally a magnetic switch on the tailgate. Would I wire the source from the in cab light where you connected the reverse lights? Also in your list of things need, you said 3 relays. Where is the third one used?
Thanks again!
Thanks for the wiring diagram it has me on my way. I'm wiring LED bed rail lights and I would like to operate them from 3 sources. The In-Cab bed light switch, a pushbutton switch in the bed and finally a magnetic switch on the tailgate. Would I wire the source from the in cab light where you connected the reverse lights? Also in your list of things need, you said 3 relays. Where is the third one used?
Thanks again!
#15
I am curious, I am very capable of doing wiring but terrible at figuring out the technicals of it. If I run a couple of low amperage LED's wired into the reverse circuit would I need to use a relay?
#16
Senior Member
All to much wiring and complication. I did mine with a remote on my key chain . All the connections at a small weatherproof box at the battery.
Just a 2 conductor cable in a plastic wire loom to the back.
Just a 2 conductor cable in a plastic wire loom to the back.
#17
This was obviously written before the huge progress and demand for LEDs, so yes mine were wired for around 25-40 amps. Needing multiple relays and triggers for what I wanted. I also wanted a switch outside to turn them on when camping and a switch in the truck which over rides ever other switch. So can be a little more complicated.
#18
Senior Member
words are too hard to follow do you have a schematic instead? (I can't tell; firewall at work blocks most pictures)
20 years ago I re-wired the bed light in my ranger to work from a SPST switch I added to the dash.
20 years ago I re-wired the bed light in my ranger to work from a SPST switch I added to the dash.