Backlight wiring options

[treckers]

I am not an expert on the wiring for the aux switches and connecting my light bar, fog lights, and ditch lights. I was wondering if someone can tell me, would I be able to wire all of the backlight wiring from all 3 sets of lights into the same aux switch so that I would have 1 aux switch that would control all of my backlighting? Was not sure if this would be too much for one aux switch to handle.

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[TX-Hans]

Yes, should not be a problem to have all of your planned backlight wiring connected to a single aux uplifter switch. I presume all LED backlighting so power draw should be within parameters of any of the uplifters.

 

[BostonGuy]

I wonder if anyone is working on kits for this?

 

[jasonkosi]

Yes it’s fine, I did that with my Diode Dynamics kit. All 6 pods draw much less than 10 amps combined

 

[nwGTS]

I agree with the above BUT just to be on the safe side you could add a 20+ amp relay in the circuit to protect the Aux uplifters. Easier to replace a relay compared to an OEM switch should anything go wrong.

 

[jasonkosi]

I agree with the above BUT just to be on the safe side you could add a 20+ amp relay in the circuit to protect the Aux uplifters. Easier to replace a relay compared to an OEM switch should anything go wrong.

Nothing wrong with doing that, however the factory aux switches are protected by fused circuits anyway, so even if you had a short it would just blow the fuse. Adding a relay is only really necessary if the amp draw of the accessory is higher than the fuse rating of the aux switch.

 

[Dr.Ross]

I have 4 Diode Dynamics wired together onto two switches; one for backlighting one for the main lights

 

[nwGTS]

Nothing wrong with doing that, however the factory aux switches are protected by fused circuits anyway, so even if you had a short it would just blow the fuse. Adding a relay is only really necessary if the amp draw of the accessory is higher than the fuse rating of the aux switch.

Definitely. So, advice to OP might be to check that amperage first before you start connecting to uplifters. They have different amperage ratings. If you need to use a lower amp rated uplifter, add a relay. If you can use a higher amp rated switch, possibly no need for the relay.

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