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Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - 2000zx3sct - 05-25-2012
Hey , im trying to install LEDS to my car battery to a switch. Can someone on here give me an outline on what to do.... or if someone has done this before on there focus let me know.
RE: Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - konafocuswrc - 05-25-2012
what are you exactly doing?
adding underbody leds??
RE: Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - 2000zx3sct - 05-25-2012
(05-25-2012, 03:45 PM)konafocuswrc Wrote: what are you exactly doing?
adding underbody leds??
Just basic LED strips , got them from Walmart haha. I have the wires through the car already .... But I can't figure out how to run a switch, im thinking that I need a resistor or i read somewhere that I need to run it to the fuse box.
RE: Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - darkpuppet - 05-26-2012
you should run it through a fuse, but you can get by with an inline fuse. What voltage are the strips rated for? If you bought them at wallmart, and they're 12v, you likely won't need a resistor as it'll be in the light strip.
If not, you'll need to put an inline resistor. a very simple calculator for figuring out what resistor you would need can be found by googling -- or here
RE: Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - 2000zx3sct - 05-26-2012
(05-26-2012, 12:05 AM)darkpuppet Wrote: you should run it through a fuse, but you can get by with an inline fuse. What voltage are the strips rated for? If you bought them at wallmart, and they're 12v, you likely won't need a resistor as it'll be in the light strip.
If not, you'll need to put an inline resistor. a very simple calculator for figuring out what resistor you would need can be found by googling -- or here
Hey , i ended up just taping into the daytime runner fuse , "low beam" i guess. I think i was overthinking things... i didnt bother running a switch inside to much of a hastle. thanks for the replies!
RE: Hooking UP LEDS to battery with a switch. - Scorcher000 - 05-26-2012
Day time is no good.
That runs the bulbs at a lower voltage. In return that actually increases the heat in the wire and may cause damage. Find and empty fuse slot, run a line from the battery to the fuse box and then fuse it up and there you glow. haha get it
