Mooching boot light power for LEDs
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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.
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Printed Date: May 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Topic: Mooching boot light power for LEDs
Posted By: xmkydx
Subject: Mooching boot light power for LEDs
Date Posted: July 30, 2006 at 2:58 AM
ahoy there lads....
i have a few little LED dealys, and was thinking of hooking them up to my boot light..
so i have 2 main questions:
- since the LEDs apparently dont really use much power (4 blue LEDs in total)
would i still need a relay?
- and, where would be the best place to splice into the 12v positive line?
on the same topic, i also have a 12 inch aerpro neon tube(not an LED stick)...would that draw to much power to also attach?
thank you in advance..
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Posted By: keep_hope_alive
Date Posted: August 12, 2006 at 11:03 AM
not sure what your boot light is. please elaborate. you may be able to get away with just tossing the LED's in parallel and you'd probably be ok with such a small additional current draw. The neon tubes are a different story, i'd use a relay for them. the best place to splice into a 12v line is at a terminal, and always fuse your splice.
people may offer more advice if you could provide more information.
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: August 12, 2006 at 6:11 PM
your aussie talk is throwing us all off. lol. What is a boot light? if i remember right, ive heard someone call the trunk a "boot" before. Is that what yorue talking about?
Posted By: bellsracer
Date Posted: September 06, 2006 at 5:00 AM
The LEDs are fine to tap into the boot light without a relay but make sure you use the right resistors for them. No relay needed. As for the Neon, run it from a relay to power it up. ------------- Never send your ducks to eagle school.
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