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Aux beams. I have them. Hook it up to the battery and use a tester to see what color wires do what from the switch. The red wire to the switch is hot. Cut it off and tape off. Cut the switch off and Hook the other two wires to whatever aux wires at the cowel you want to use.
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And my smartass answer… Ask your Left brain. Lol
 

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Aux beams. I have them. Hook it up to the battery and use a tester to see what color wires do what from the switch. The red wire to the switch is hot. Cut it off and tape off. Cut the switch off and Hook the other two wires to whatever aux wires at the cowel you want to use.
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I work on radios and telecom for a small cities police and fire departments. The Pd runs mostly Tahoe police interceptors. They have a factory installed auxiliary battery and DC system for all the cop stuff. Lights. Laptop . Radio. Sirens and all the cop stuff comes off of a cool fused and breakered DC system. NOTHING is connected to the vehicle system. That's the way to do it. All the truck does is charges the auxiliary battery.
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I work on radios and telecom for a small cities police and fire departments. The Pd runs mostly Tahoe police interceptors. They have a factory installed auxiliary battery and DC system for all the cop stuff. Lights. Laptop . Radio. Sirens and all the cop stuff comes off of a cool fused and breakered DC system. NOTHING is connected to the vehicle system. That's the way to do it. All the truck does is charges the auxiliary battery.
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All of it is installed in the area on drivers side rear fender area. None of the Cop equipment connects under the hood or to any vehicle fuse blocks.
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All of it is installed in the area on drivers side rear fender area. None of the Cop equipment connects under the hood or to any vehicle fuse blocks.
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So you’re saying we should all install completely separate auxiliary batteries and systems on our Broncos to run a few extra LED lights? 🤣
 

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So you’re saying we should all install completely separate auxiliary batteries and systems on our Broncos to run a few extra LED lights? 🤣
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