Turn on lightbar wirelessly
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Turn on lightbar wirelessly
Has anyone come across a reliable relay/wireless system where you can use a key fob or remote to turn on a lightbar? Most of what I see on eBay/Amazon is cheap china crap that scares me. Others don’t seem to be reliable or turn on at random(based on reviews). I don’t have any issues with routing through firewall and installing a switch, but would like the ability to control wirelessly.
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Has anyone come across a reliable relay/wireless system where you can use a key fob or remote to turn on a lightbar? Most of what I see on eBay/Amazon is cheap china crap that scares me. Others don’t seem to be reliable or turn on at random(based on reviews). I don’t have any issues with routing through firewall and installing a switch, but would like the ability to control wirelessly.
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I went with the cheap china crap from amazon because any higher priced name brand alternative I could find appeared to be the same cheap china crap with a name brand on it. So far, it works exactly as expected. My main motivation for going wireless was my lack of desire to compromise the firewall or wiring harness boot to run a wire. It does exactly what i needed it to.
Any issues with it turning on when you're not around?
I already have wires going through my firewall for Flood lights where my fogs are, so its not a huge deal. Just like the idea of having the wireless capability.
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I had a cheap system like this for my Xterra for my rear roof flood lights. Used it as a campground light when tenting so I could turn the light on and off without getting out of my sleeping bag. I had an additional 3-way switch that installed on the dash so I could switch it between ON/remote controlled/OFF. I just left it off all the time unless I needed it. They also turned on when I put it in reverse 
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About a month now. To my knowledge, it has not yet turned on by itself. If it did, it had to have turned itself back off.