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97accord 
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Posted: April 21, 2010 at 4:12 AM / IP Logged  
i just wanted to turn the floorlight on and off not with led and dome both on so the 2 way would be right for me right?
also with your your setting will the switch turn on only the led even if the dome light setting is set to the door open setting
and when the led switch is set to off.... will both the led and dome light turn on when the door opens?
so the + from the led connects to the + of the dome wire...or can i just add a wire to the dome + terminal will that work also?
and the - from the led connect to the car metal?
97accord 
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Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:10 AM / IP Logged  
can anyone help me with oldspark method of wiring led light's
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Posted: April 26, 2010 at 4:33 AM / IP Logged  
If nobody else offers, what do you have difficulty with?
And you draw your existing system?
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Posted: April 27, 2010 at 2:03 AM / IP Logged  
hey oldspark i had post a message on april 21 i was wondering can you help answer my question cause i can't repeat my question.....thanks
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But I answered that (all of them).
Yes!
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Posted: April 27, 2010 at 3:56 AM / IP Logged  
k so wait so even those i use a 2 way switch and it is set to off and my interior light i set to door setting so my dome and led light both turn on when the door opens is that right?
97accord 
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Posted: April 27, 2010 at 4:13 AM / IP Logged  
hey oldspark couple more question to ask you sorry for asking alot tho
what does the 0 with the X on it stand's for?
also where does the negative wire from the led's go to?
and does the switch (1) go to the dome neg or pos wire and can i just wrap to wire's around the dome terminals?
and if i am going to use 4 led's strips is it a bad i idea not to use a resistor?
thanks man for all your help
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Posted: April 27, 2010 at 6:55 AM / IP Logged  
A O with X is a blind or dyslexic noughts & crosses game or a bulb etc.
I got the impression you substituted LEDs for your dome light in which case the XO bulb below is replaced by the RHS LEDs & resistor and the whole RHS "string" removed.
Otherwise how's this diagram?:
new dome lights with new switch wiring - Page 2 -- posted image.
The resistor depends - its minimum size is based on the LED max tolerable voltage & max tolerable current and the maximum supply voltage (say 14.4 - 15V?).
Where n times the max V(LED) exceeds Vs, they should not be required.
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Posted: April 28, 2010 at 2:45 AM / IP Logged  
k thanks oldspark
another question where does the negative wire's from the led's go to?
also does switch #1 go to the positive wire on the dome line?
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Posted: April 28, 2010 at 4:16 AM / IP Logged  
None of the switches are connected to the positive wire if by positive wire you mean +12V.
The positive 12V supply is shown by "+12V" in the diagram.
+12V connects to the lamps - whether that be the dome light bulb or the +ve end of the string(s) of LEDs.
The negative end of the LED string(s) goes to GND.
Hence when you have GND at one and and +12V at the other, you have 12V across the lamp(s) (bulbs or LEDs) and they light up.
If you break the connection at one end - in this case with some sort of switching at the negative end - the attached lamp extinguishes. IE - current cannot flow from +12V through the lamp to GND.    
Do you understand that in the diagram, the grey "wiper" or arm of the switch(es) is what moves to positions 1, 2 or 3 for the different behaviours?
And that the bottom door switch "closes" to connect thru to GND?
If you want the LEDs to imitate the dome light, or if the LEDs are the dome light, then ignore the RH switch - the LEDs are merely connected between +12V and the dome switch, or door switch depending on what you want.
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