Reverse Lights

[BigMik3]

to the electrical gurus out there I have a question. Would I be able to tap a 12W led light off each reverse light or do I have to run a whole new harness? problem is I had window tinting done one Saturday but now am having issues seeing out the window at night. eventually am going to run a new harness and mount a led light bar to roll bar in the next fortnight to light up the tub and use as a reverse light but need a quick fix to get me out of trouble for now. any help would be much appreciated

 

[bods]

Just tap straight in. I put one on the other day, just tapped into the driver's side reverse light and it gives a ridiculous amount of light out......

 

[Navmania]

You could tap it in. It will only be 1amp of current draw. I would be only doing one each side as the standard wiring isn't that great. If you need a diagram for a full system I have put one in the D22 wiring section underWiring diagrams.
Cheers Brad.

 

[BigMik3]

Thanks guys. Would wiring be the same for a d40?

 

[bods]

Not sure on the colours but I removed the tail light and just traced them from the socket back a bit and spliced it in further up the loom on the car side of the tail light plug.

 

[75 GRC]

Made very little difference to the power draw on mine.

As you can see I have 6 extra lights wired in to the same harness.

Have not noticed any difference(nor have I changed the fuse rating)

Cheers
Geoff

"GO THE NAV V6's"

 

[75 GRC]

Pic, is a bit old now as I have added a canopy, but the lights remain the same as pictured.

Geoff

"GO THE NAV V6's"

 

[Navmania]

Yeah. There should only be two wires. Ground the light to the chassis and tap into the positive at the reverse light.