Ditch lights wiring harness?

I'm looking to install some ditch lights.. I already have some auxbeams and the cbi brackets are on the way but I need a wiring harness and rocker switch for the blank spot in the cab.. I'm no electrician and have never wired anything in a vehicle that being said I'm not trying to mess with any fuse boxes or anything I want to run it directly off the battery with an inline fuse and or relay for the constant power to the rocker switch to the 2 ditch lights.. with all of that being said where can I get a wiring harness and switch.. links would be preferred

 

Pretty much any “universal fog light wiring kit” should work.
Just be sure the wire gauge is suited for the lights you have.

Amazon has a bunch of options.

 

TnShooter.. they are auxbeam 4in pods 18watt 1800 lumen

 

There are plenty of DIY articles on Wiring Fog Lights.
Just do a google search. It’s not too hard to do.
I would definitely use a relay and fuse style kit.


Those are nice lights you have BTW.

 

Check out Caliraised. I believe they sell harness kits.

 

Yes, use Caliraised. Don't use a cheap Amazon one. I have two of the Caliraised harnesses running non-Caliraised lights and the wiring is done well, with a nice relay and inline fuse.

https://caliraisedled.com/collections/switches-wiring-accessories-2/products/wiring-harness-dual-leg

 

What makes the caliraised harness better than an Amazon bought harness?

Edit: if I can read the post above me. Dummy.

So the relay is better? I bought a mictuning kit from amazon for 10 bucks. Seems to be great for the price. I however swapped the button for a ch4x4 button and cut off the connectors and soldered the connection's instead.

 

Slowlane would you mind posting some pics of where you ran your wires and where you went through the fire wall.. I've never actually wired anything in a vehicle and would rather do it the right way

 

I dont have any pics unfortunately. But theres a large rubber grommet that all the wiring goes through. Pretty easy to see. It's on the driver side when you open the hood. I cut a tiny slit above the main harness and used fiberglass poles to fish the wires through. A metal coat hanger works great as well. Let me know if you have any questions or if you still need pics. I'll try to snap some if needed. I'm no wiring/electrical guru by any means. So if I can do it, ANYONE can do it. Haha.

 

Yea I'm no electrician that's for sure lol.. i have a harness that looks very simple to hook up my main concern is where to feed through the firewall i dont want any kind of leak if and when I go through some deep water and where to run the wire that goes from ditch light to ditch light.. if you wouldn't mind snapping a few pics that would be great

 

For sure. I'll try to snap some pics sometime this weekend. If I dont post by Sunday, tag me in a post and remind me. Until maybe this helps. Check out about the 12:30 point in the vid. It show where to route the wire.

https://youtu.be/ogciqoSRLcw

 

I don't know how to post a new thread so I will revive this one with a new numb question which I think I already know the answer to. However, since I am ignorant with regards to electrical stuff, I feel I need to ask

I have 2 led ditch lights - 96W total. I have 1 led light bar (similar to the youtube video above) at 390W. I was hoping on running these 3 lights on the same switch. However, they obviously total together 486W. I can't find a wiring harness that will handle more than 450W. Am I going to have to put these on different switches or is there something else I can do to get these to work on the same switch?

Thanks and I apologize for my ignoooooorance.

 

Be nice if you can find the actual draw on those lights. Lot of ebay and Amzon lights advertise huge wattages but in reality only draw 10 amps or less because of the driver they use. You likely could not buy a pre made harness if your draw was near 500 watts. Amps x volts = watts. So on a 12 volt system you are drawing over 40 amps. You looking at minimum 10 gauge and ideally 8 gauge wiring from the relay. Probably need a 60 amp relay at a minimum as well. I have an 300 watt ebay light bar, yet my 130watt Rigid SR Pro is significantly brighter so obviously the ebay bar has something going on. 300 is probably a theoretical output for the LEDsm but there is a lot happening before power actually gets to them

 

How would I go about finding that actual draw on them?

 

You need a meter for it. Take a look at this you tube video. Basically you put the meter in line. Lot of even cheap meters will work as long as they have the amperage capacity. I would be really surprised if your light bar draws more than about 10-12 amp. Lot of those bars come with a harness that is 14 gauge or thinner wire. That right their tells you they are not consuming that much power

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mu7-HOqXAY

 

Ok, maybe some of you smarter folks can give me a clue. 2019 3rd Gen Taco.

I have a light bar and 2 ditch lights wired up. There is a 40 amp fuse, a relay switch and the end point is a toggle switch. All wired up directly to the battery.

I wired it all together with quick connects and such. I tested it all. Worked great. Then the only other thing I did was pull some of the wiring (the wiring that goes to the toggle) through the firewall. Now, it does not work.

The toggle switch lights up. I can hear the relay "switch" when I turn on the toggle switch. Yet, nothing lights up, none of the 3 (light bar, 2 ditch lights).

I am totally confused because they all worked great. And, the toggle switch lights up.

Electrical is not my thing. So.. if anyone can help, I would appreciate it. Muchas Gracias.

 

There should be two separate power supplies.

1) for the illumination of the switch and powering the relay (sounds like it's working)
2) for powering the lights through the relay (sounds like NOT working).

#2 should have a fuse.

 

You blew the fuse?

 

I thought that too. There is a 40 amp fuse. I checked it. Still intact.

 

Your going to have to break out the DMM. I would start at the relay. since you hear the relay clicking when you flip the switch, I would start checking at the power supply to the lights. make sure that you find it on the relay where it goes IN. Flip the switch, then check it again where it comes OUT.