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Best Location to Hot-wire the Toppers Dome Light

Discussion in 'Tonneau Covers, Caps and Shells' started by BowtechDan, Jun 1, 2020.

  1. Jun 1, 2020 at 5:30 PM
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    BowtechDan

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    I need to wire up a dome light in a used topper I recently got and was wondering what location everyone is getting the hot-wire from? Does most just run a wire to the battery? Thanks.
     
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  2. Jun 1, 2020 at 5:32 PM
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    Led Led lights use so little juice, just wire up a 9 volt battery. It will run the lights a long time. Led lights don't care about voltage, just polarity.
     
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  3. Jun 1, 2020 at 8:00 PM
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    BowtechDan

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    Yeah, but the topper has a light already installed,and just needs a 12V wire.
     
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  4. Jun 1, 2020 at 8:06 PM
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    I tapped mine into the tailight. Lights have to be on for it to work but I rarely need the light in the topper at night when the truck isn't running.
     
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