Add a fuse

I have a 07 Tacoma and am adding a 22" led light bar. I bought the light switch and wiring harness and it comes with a 30 amp inline line fuse and relay. I wanted to use an add a fuse to tap into the fuse panel but the package says 2 to 10 amps. My question is. Will I be pulling to many amps for the add a fuse?

 

How many amps does the light bar actually draw?

 

180 watts

 

That works out to 15 amps. Since you're using a relay - which takes the majority of the current - you should be fine. This assumes you're using the Add a Fuse to power the trigger side of the relay.

 

180w/12v=15a. Why not connect directly to battery? If you want the light to come on from a key then you can tap the fuse block for the trigger wire but there's little to no amp draw. The main power through the relay should come off the battery. I connected mine to the main power feed to the fuse block in the engine compartment. Just kept it a little cleaner looking.

 

Good point. My 30" light bar is powered direct from the battery (with a fuse at the battery) and the trigger wire is tied into the hot side of my high beam circuit. (No need for an additional fuse there.) Every time I trigger the high beams, my LED bar comes on too.