I went and got myself a set of fog lights that I'm planning on mounting on the rear of my truck to help me see when backing up. I want to be able to run them to a switch inside the truck instead of hooking them up to the reverse lamps. I like the idea of being able to turn them on whenever I need them.

What is the best way to go about wiring this up? What should I use as my hot source? Just hook it up to the battery, and then run an inline fuse along with it?

 

most will reccomend a relay, but i have some fogs and theyre just hooked up to the battery with an inline fuse like stated above and grounded to the frame and work fine, i had them like that on my old truck and used them everytime i drove at night and never had a issue

 

my opinion would be run the hot from the battery like you said with a inline fuse...
im getting ready to do this too..im also going to hook up my backup camera to this same switch..
there is a plug to run wires through the firewall at the bottom of the fire wall on the drivers side..theres a cable..i beleive its for the shifter cable

 

also, does anyone have pics of how they mounted theirs? still trying to figure out the best way to keep it close to the hitch and tucked up.

 

I do... I would have to find it...

 

https://www.f150forum.com/f4/back-up-light-bulbs-28062/