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Which wire to splice to make rocker switch light?

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Old 12-09-2018, 04:53 PM
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Just installed a LED light bar and wired the harness stight to the battery well after wiring the switch it stays on I want to see how or what tire I should hook up to so the rocker switch works off of the ignition switch any help would be great
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Look for an empty fuse spot that is switched on/off via your ignition. Use a test light and a person to help.
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Any pictures would be helpful
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You need to use a relay so the LED light bar draws power directly from the battery, but is power on by a switched light source, like your high beams if you want the light to come on only with your high beams, or a parking light if you want it on when the car is on.


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I have 5 pin rocker switch after looking at a couple things online my question is if I wire the rocker switch and wanted to run off ACC I will have to tap a wire off of ACC power source I'm connected into prong 6 of the rocker switch with the rocker switch I received a jumper which connects 2 + 6 so would I not connect the jumper wire into 6 and run a ACC into 6 prong rocker switch and this will allow my rocker switch to turn on and off off of ACC power

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