wiring leds in with a switch.

[jamesycc]

Right then. Been trying to wire in an led strip with a switch to be mounted on the dash dimmer dial panel. For whatever reason I'm struggling. Got the 12v from the ignition on live from the cig lighter. Earth isn't a problem. The switch is an led type with an accessory pin out the back. Got the power connected to the 12v pin, earth to the car, and the live from the led strip into the 'A' accessory pin and the negative from the led strip earthed to the car. But for whatever reason it wont work. Any tips or suggestions would be welcome.

 

[Gus]

Probably obvious and you might have already checked but LED's need the correct polarity for them to light up. try swapping the - and + . Once you have them lighting up the switch will be a breeze.

 

[jamesycc]

Probably obvious and you might have already checked but LED's need the correct polarity for them to light up. try swapping the - and + . Once you have them lighting up the switch will be a breeze.

first thing I did was check the leds, there all good. Got a mate looking at it in a few hours who's wired up loads of stuff in his cars. Might shed some light on the issue. Cheers

 

[skinz]

My guess would be bad earth- if pulling down from cig lighter then why not just earth through cig also?

 

[jamesycc]

My guess would be bad earth- if pulling down from cig lighter then why not just earth through cig also?

yep did that as well. Getting it sorted Wednesday hopefully.

 

[Goodj]

I'd imagine it's just your car fighting to retain its dignity.

 

[jamesycc]

I'd imagine it's just your car fighting to retain its dignity.

Probably right :tongueclosed:

 

[skinz]

Well if not the leds and not tbe power supply and not the earth - then surely it can only be the switch? Led strips are not the most complicated

 

[jamesycc]

That's what I thought so tried a different switch but same results, no light. will get it sorted totomorrow .

 

[jamesycc]

Update. All sorted. Ran power from the main 12v not the ignition on live and all sorted. Now looks like the inside of stretched limo on a hen night hehe...

 

[Chrisgti6]

WTF?

Is that just stuck to the head lining?

 

[Goodj]

Sorry fella, but (and this just an opinion, from a bloke you'll probably never meet, over the internet, so, don't take it too harshly)

That is beyond gash.
I can't even think why you'd want them like that (well, I can, but I'm not going to start making presumptions). It's marginally better than decking the whole thing out with under-floor neon, marginally.

 

[BoatNonce]

I thought I'd gone a bit overboard with this;

But you've gone way, way past that.

 

[Goodj]

Dogging mods

 

[skinz]

Update. All sorted. Ran power from the main 12v not the ignition on live and all sorted. Now looks like the inside of stretched limo on a hen night hehe...

Hen night maybe - but cant see many birds wanting to get in a clio with lights like that [emoji23] - thought u were meaning footwell LEDs - each to their own - mind dnt get caught driving with them on [emoji106]

 

[jamesycc]

Hen night maybe - but cant see many birds wanting to get in a clio with lights like that [emoji23] - thought u were meaning footwell LEDs - each to their own - mind dnt get caught driving with them on [emoji106]

ha, cheers. Got footwells too......

 

[jamesycc]

yep

WTF?

Is that just stuck to the head lining?

 

[jamesycc]

Sorry fella, but (and this just an opinion, from a bloke you'll probably never meet, over the internet, so, don't take it too harshly)

That is beyond gash.
I can't even think why you'd want them like that (well, I can, but I'm not going to start making presumptions). It's marginally better than decking the whole thing out with under-floor neon, marginally.

No offence taken. That's the thing with modding stuff. Its all marmite. Probably get bored with it in no time. Just like playing around with ideas.

 

[BGEarles]

I thought I'd gone a bit overboard with this;

But you've gone way, way past that.

I think that looks good, they only work when door is opened?

 

[BoatNonce]

Yeah. They're wired into the interior light. If you turn the interior light on manually they come on then too.