Considering an ARB bumper

Not sure if this is the best place :
I had stock bumper and fog lights removed and replaced with a high clearance metal bumper that came with 4 yellow ditch lights. The welder I paid to finish, assemble and install the bumper just put in a new switch and jumped it off the battery.
I have been having power issues with my battery dying after only minutes of the interior lights on or turning the truck off but staying in the cab with the screen on. I suspect this power drain has something to do with the additional wiring of the after-market ditch lights and alternate connection (even when they are turned off) .
Is there a way to find the existing factory fog lights wiring and connect this aftermarket light set up to the fog light switch on the steering column? I am fine to buy a conversion kit or whatever it takes if it means I don’t keep having my truck die on me. 2018 Taco sport manual

 

I'd 1st make sure that a relay is being used to supply power to the lights.

The lights should not have a switch that controls the 12 volts to the lights.

The light switch is used to turn the power to the relay, then the relay sends power to the lights to make them turn on.

I'd also unplug the new lights temporarily to see if you still have battery issues. This way you would know for sure if the wiring is bad.

 

Yes. I bought an adapter on Amazon (probably one of the ones linked below) and wired the fogs in that way.

 

Regrettable accident but nice that you walked away from it. Impressive that you did so at an effective collision speed of ~80-90mph. Slightly offset collision helped reduce max forces no doubt (compared to a worst-case brick-wall full-frontal impact.)

Some argue that having a heavy / stiff plate bumper can increase chances of injury to occupants in the vehicle because the bumper doesn't crush as well as the stock front end (absorbs less energy = more energy left to transmit to occupants) -- and there may be a certain speed range in which that is the case. But beyond a certain threshold of speed / crash energy, even a heavy bumper and its mounts are undergoing plastic deformation and helping absorb & spread out crash forces.

I'm very happy with my ARB, had it about 2 years now, so far no deer have tested it. Adds a considerable amt of peace-of-mind against the possbility of sloppy drivers on the roads. At least, the ones driving vehicles under ~3 tons gross weight.

Agree completely that even an ARB without a winch really needs a front suspension upgrade. I ran my no-winch ARB on stock suspension for ~8 months or so and the steering response was degraded. Not the point of danger, but the front end tended to wallow with any steering input. (In addition to the ~1/2" to 3/4" droop from the added weight & esp. the added leverage of the extremely thick-profile bumper hanging nearly 8-9" off the front end.)

Once I did a proper upgrade, in my case FOX 2.5's on all 4 corners (650 lb spring rate on front,) steering response & handling were restored to better-than-stock.