Good video, like others have said try running any wires along the same route or even conduit as the factory wiring. Use a relay and to reduce load on the trigger wire/fuse and drls need to dim or turn off at night with headlights.
Hi carreterojr3, Only reason I did not do that because my wires are a bit thick, hooking up two wires with the same fuse may lose contact later on. As you know these fuse boxes are not designed to hook up extra wires to them. But if you are doing the same project, it will definitely work.
@@AnkitSavani thank for your reply. I decided to connect my led strips to the parking/ignition light. However, when turn on the LEDs get very hot! Do yours get very hot when you touch them and is that normal?. I bought them indicating 12v.
Nice and clear installation man. So i got a set from iJDMtoy for $20 and it only came with a black and red wire on each bar. I should be able to follow the same process as you right? However I heard it is not "safe" to fuse it directly tapping it to a fuse. What are your thoughts mister? Thanks bro. I really wanna get these on haha but I wanna know if there are any precautions.
Hi Andy, Using connections with fuse is safe. Because if there is any voltage change fuse will protect your car and your light. However if you use direct connection with battery it is very unsafe. But both works the same. And YES wiring process will be same for your light as well. Thanks.
I heard many people saying it. I did google my self but nothing found on that rule. However, I like your idea running it through relay. Or you can also use connector by spending couple of more bucks.
this is the western Australian design rules. ( DAYTIME RUNNING LAMPS Daytime running lamp means a lamp facing in a forward direction used to make the vehicle more easily visible when driving during daytime. The retro fitting of daytime running lamps is acceptable provided the lamps comply with Australian Design Rule (ADR) ADR 76 and are fitted as per ADR 13: Colour White Number Two Position: Fitted symmetrically (same position on both sides of the vehicle) at the front of the vehicle. In height: above the ground not less than 250mm or more than 1,500mm. Not more than 400mm from the sides (extreme outer edge) of the vehicle; at least 600mm apart between the inner edges, may be reduced to 400mm where the overall width of the vehicle is less than 1,300mm. The angle of the beam may only be outwards 20° and inwards 20° and upwards 10° and downwards 10°. The daytime running lamps shall be switched ON automatically when the device which starts and/or stops the engine is in a position which makes it possible for the engine to operate. The daytime running lamp shall switch OFF automatically when the front fog lamps or headlamps are switched ON, except when the latter are used to give intermittent luminous warnings at short intervals.) :-)
Hi Joe, It may seem close but it is not. Normally it happens if wire is touching it or closer then a inch or two. I have used tough wire too. So far it is working great, but if you are going to try it you might wanna make sure about it.
Hi Maween, Only reason I did not do that because my wires are a bit thick, hooking up two wires with same fuse may loose contact later on. As you know these fuse box are not design to hook up extra wires to it. But if you are doing same project, it will definitely work.
This is not the rite way to do it. You adding more load on top the existing fuse what you should done is? Use the fuse taper and pick up the juice from the fuse box which located inside the car. In this case you don't have to charge the power and if it blow u only losing the light nothing else. Thank you for the video . And look forward to change the wiring use the fuse taper
Hi Mechanic, Thanks for your suggestion. I did this video while ago and I was not aware of that. If i pull this project on my next car, I will definitely go for fuse taper.
So... let me see if i understand... the posite cable of the leds we have to conect to the fuse( one of the side s of the fuse, one side should be positive and the other negative, is that it? so the led to the right will go connect to one fuse and the led for the left side for the other fuse, right? now , where i put the negative cable of the leds? on the ground? i dididn t understand that. Regards
Hi Cág', you are right. Positive cable goes to the fuse and negative goes to ground. This is very simple. For ground connection you connect cable to any metal part of the car body. I hope this helps.
Although the 'sometimes' fuses are typically in the cabin fusebox, routing wire to those is EXTREMELY difficult and requires modification of the vehicle's firewall/bulkhead, :-(
oh boy did not think of that. I have had three cars so far all different brands and they all have fuse box in engine compartment even though interior fuses were in cabin.
Hi, required equipment list and where you can find those stuff information is listed under video description. I did buy 15 feet length of cable and after installation I had still 3-5 feet cable left. So you can get the idea how much cable length you need. Good luck with installation.
All automotive wire should be covered with tesa tape. In addition to that, wires inside the engine bay should be inside slotted corrugated plastic pipe. That's how it's done.
Hi Gplus, you are absolutely right. I should have done that, but the purpose of the video is to show where to hook up wires. So, I think it made sense that viewers can see where is a wire going and what it is hooking up to.
No, you do not need an adapter for this. But if you want you can use one. It just requires one or two extra wire connections with your headlights or sidelights.
