LED Wiring

[Littleleigh]

Found no actual threads with explanations so:
Got a couple of LED strips with +ive and -ive on them, how to wire them to a swich or to my sidelights/headlights?? tutorials would be great. Where would i get a swich??

 

[A18XHO]

are you being serious?? its a nice way to ruin your car so please dont do it!!

 

[alexbleubolt]

what switch do u want them to work with ? if u want then to come on when you turn the front fog lights on, just wire them up to the fornt fog lights, they are led, so the wire will only work one way around, so if they don't work , then wire them up the other way around

 

[alexbleubolt]

get a switch from maplins www.maplin.co.uk or any electrical shop or halfrauds of something

 

[Littleleigh]

Getting a swich i guess requires a lot of work and money, fuses etc.
i tried interior light but i couldnt have the led on permanent, it worked when the doors opened thats all, and turned off. 98-01 clio.

 

[Littleleigh]

where else could it be connected to, and how?
How would i 'WIRE THEM UP' to something like 'FOGS' or sidelights?

 

[alexbleubolt]

just cut the wire, or cable crimp, your led wires to the fog light wires, behing the wheel / fog light, don't bother messing around inside the car,

 

[Littleleigh]

So its just a strip and twist sorta job, or not?

 

[alexbleubolt]

yeah, or just cable crimp them. if u want to cut it and runt he wires in parallel, thats fine.

 

[Littleleigh]

Is there any way of attaching them to the ciggy, i herd so but didnt know how to do it. thanks

 

[edde]

Is there any way of attaching them to the ciggy, i herd so but didnt know how to do it. thanks

Yep just connect t the wires on the underside of the lighter.

 

[Littleleigh]

Will have a look and let you know how it goes thanks

 

[Paddy_g46]

i think u are on about interior neons?

 

[Littleleigh]

yea led's, Rite 3 wires from ciggy, black, black/brown and yellow
Which is which, how do i connect them from here?

 

[Littleleigh]

No longer working from the ciggy!
Im gonna try the head unit, which wires do the positive and negative go to? thanks,
just this questioned answered and im on my way hehe

 

[rob192]

Edit: that was just the least useful post I've ever seen lol.

 

[Littleleigh]

i no, i need a little bit of help

 

[Andy_con]

explain what you need help with im good with electronics

 

[Littleleigh]

Ok cheers mate,
Basically im gonna wire a strip of led's to my HU wires as it is a perfect place to do it rite?
Low power needed too, But which wires on the head unit, do the positive and negative on the led's go to?? Thanks Andy

 

[Andy_con]

well the LEDS will have a pos and neg (+ and-) normally red pos and black neg.

so pos to pos and neg to neg

 

[Littleleigh]

summat bout temporary battery memory to connect it to mayb,
iv got the two wires on the led strips, no probs, but its finding the correct wires to attach the t junction connection to.

 

[Andy_con]

ok where do you want to connect the led's to? what power source

 

[Littleleigh]

The battery i guess, but using the Head unit wiring as a switch (when the ignition's off, so are the led's).

 

[Andy_con]

ummm right, well that could make things hard as your gona need to find the pos and neg. find a spec sheet for the radio and find where the pos and neg go???

also you will prob wana put another switch in so the leds arent on all the time

 

[Littleleigh]

it shudnt matter if there on all the time really, thats getting back to the problem i started with then, wiring for a swich would be difficult also.
thanks neway, will try and find the pos and neg on the hu wies then.

 

[Andy_con]

a switch is a peice of piss!!

cause it will matter if the leds are on all the time, what if the police pull you over?

next step for you is to find the wires that are pos and neg on the radio

 

[Dink]

pos wires will be either red or yellow

or you might have an orange one the will become live when your head lights are on

 

[Littleleigh]

Led's under the dash are legal i here. so positive to the red or yellow and the negative to the yellow or red, visa versa.

 

[Andy_con]

oh you want them in car

use the cig plug

 

[Littleleigh]

i was gonna use the cig plug but i means they are on constant rite? Dunno never tried it (due to not smoking).
Or does it only swich on with the ignition?

 

[Andy_con]

they switch off with ignition, but like i said just put a switch in. solves all problems

 

[Littleleigh]

Looks promising then, Rite overall the best solution is to go for the 12v ciggy plug as it turns off with the ignition.
I would have connected it to the interior light but it turned off when you turned the light on, but worked when the doors opened.
Thanks for your help, will ge that sorted, and get sum piks.

 

[Andy_con]

you could put a plug on the end, so you plug the lights into the cig lighter. thats what i did on my old car