roll bar light wiring?
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roll bar light wiring?
looking for the best way to run wires for my offroad kc roll bar lights. id like to ideally run the wire without drilling too many more holes in the bed. i know i have to run a relay in line and i know i would like to put the switch somewhere hidden possibly the glove box....would like to know if anyone has had any experience with this and how it was done...
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TO get the wires out of the Cab to the light's there is some little rubber plugs in the bottom of the cab behind your seat pop one of them off or put a small hole in it and push the wire threw it, then run the wire between the bed and cab up the light bar and to the light's, thats how I ran the one's i use to have, also how i use to run all my CB coax's to the antenna's. as far as the hidden switch it's all your preference, personally i wouldnt put it in the glove box, my old work trucks code light switch was in there and it go to be a PITA to keep opening the glove box to turn on/off
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i would mount the switch under the dash. take power for the switch from a switched source out of the fuse box.
run the wire into the engine bay to a relay. hot lead from the battery to a circuit breaker to the relay, then down along the frame to the lights.
i tie the wire off to the frame, and bring it up between the cab and body, and black electrical tape it to the roll bar or backrack as close to the bed as possible.
then every 6 inches up the bar/rack tube until i get to the light.
this is the 02 with just the strobes wired up before the light bar, takedown lights, plow lights, and air compressor were hooked up
run the wire into the engine bay to a relay. hot lead from the battery to a circuit breaker to the relay, then down along the frame to the lights.
i tie the wire off to the frame, and bring it up between the cab and body, and black electrical tape it to the roll bar or backrack as close to the bed as possible.
then every 6 inches up the bar/rack tube until i get to the light.
this is the 02 with just the strobes wired up before the light bar, takedown lights, plow lights, and air compressor were hooked up
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perfect...i got a rough wiring diagram from KC's website which is what i was thinking between the relays and the fuses...now i just have to figure out how much draw i have on the lights to decide whether or not i have to run two relays or just one
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when in doubt, overkill it. it is better to have two and not really need them than to only have one and melt the relay. i learned that the hard way years ago with my original on board air setup. this truck has 2 relays and circuit breakers. one for each compressor.
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