wheel arch LED’s
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Forum Name: Lights, Neon, LEDs, HIDs
Forum Discription: Under Car Lighting, Strobe Lights, Fog Lights, Headlights, HIDs, DRL, Tail Lights, Brake Lights, Dashboard Lights, WigWag, etc.
URL: https://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_posts.asp?tid=64035
Printed Date: November 04, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Topic: wheel arch LED’s
Posted By: adamchippy
Subject: wheel arch LED’s
Date Posted: October 08, 2005 at 8:50 AM
i have just bought some wheel arch leds. ive fitted them properly. they come with a cigarette plug adapter so ive plugged it in but nothing happens. any one know whats wrong ?
Replies:
Posted By: ELBOOGIE
Date Posted: October 08, 2005 at 10:33 PM
make sure that your vehicle isn't one that the lighter only turns-on with the key on. check to make sure that the lighter is actually working with a source that works in any another vehicle, i.e. a cellphone adapter. also, make sure that when they were being installed that a wire wasn't pinched or a circuit board or something wasn't cracked/broken. -------------
Posted By: adamchippy
Date Posted: October 09, 2005 at 4:05 AM
iv checked all that and its all fine. but when i was installing them, i wired one up first to see what it looked like and it came on for a second then went off. so i moved the plug around and it came on again for a second then went off. but when i plug phone chargers in they work fine. iv checked the fuses for the 12 volt plug and there fine. so what else could it be?
Posted By: accord78
Date Posted: October 09, 2005 at 1:56 PM
it could be the plug it came with that u plug into the lighter. maybe a defect of the contacts on the plug are not making good contacts in the socket
Posted By: robrb20det
Date Posted: October 14, 2005 at 11:06 AM
i would cut of the plug and hard wire
Posted By: adamchippy
Date Posted: October 16, 2005 at 1:16 PM
i hard wired them to where my other LED's are (which are working) to the ignition. and after a while the wires started smoking which i presume means there is to much current going through them. but they did work fine which is gud. so do i need sumit to step down the voltage?
Posted By: orangesuburban
Date Posted: October 16, 2005 at 1:25 PM
are you using a fuse?
Posted By: adamchippy
Date Posted: October 16, 2005 at 4:57 PM
no im not, i wasnt sure where to wire one in and what type of fuse to use. do you know?
Posted By: adamchippy
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 4:55 AM
also does anyone know where to wire the fuse in to the circuit and what type of fuse etc?
Posted By: smonster
Date Posted: October 19, 2005 at 3:39 PM
You need a resistor too, I forget what size. Then get an ADD A CIRCUIT from MCM Electronics or local, and wire it up to an acsry fuse.
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