I am looking to install a LED that will activate when the interior lights are turned on for night-time driving. I am looking for a source around the bottom of the dash, near the steering wheel.

The LED has the built-in circuit protection. Has anyone has problems with wiring an LED to the interior lights??

THANKS...

 

Yes, I had a problem. I tried to wire an LED to the positive wire going to the map lights behind the overhead console. The problem was when the ignition is turned off, the puter limits/cuts 12 volt power to that particular circuit.

I had to get constant 12 volt power in the engine compartment from the hood light no less.

 

When you say "interior lights", I assume you mean the dash lamps? If so, I installed a 5 LED light bar above the center console to illuminate the cupholder area at night. I just tied it to the dimmer wiring for the heater control lighting. The LEDs dim with the dimmer ****. Works great!

 

Sorry....Just re-read the post. You mean the dome lights/map lights. It shouldn't be that tough. The wiring for those lights run up the A pillar. Should be able to tap in there.

 

Turbo bob.... PICS??? I'd like to see that in action...

Shane

 

X2 on that buddy

 

Just looked in the service manual. The wire has a color code of "YL/LB" which I believe is Yellow/Light Blue tracer. This is the wire that comes out of the module and powers the dome lights, vanity lights, and the map lights. Hope this helps!

 

I'm a bit of a computard...so I'll see about getting you some pics. I bought the LED lamp bar from superbrightleds.com. Was 11 bucks, plus shipping. I bought the green one, kinda matches the dash/radio lamps.

 

I was looking to install an LED to light my toggle switch for my Pac Brake. Being that LEDs draw very little power, I was figuring maybe just running a direct line (fused, of course) from the battery. They would always be on, but they would NEVER drain the battery.

How does that sound??