LED wiring (camper, not Taco)

If it's a straight up 12v led you could come next straight to your battery to compare brightness

 

Leds have different color temperatures. Brightness varies from blue to very bright white. Check later when it is not so light out. A bed light might not be a white light.

 

As in touch the light wires to the battery? I can do that.

 

Yes if your are careful not to make a big spark.

 

Check on Etrailer.com to find out the different led colors.

 

The light on the fuse panel in my teardrop means the fuse blew.

If you are accidentally wiring the LED in series with the power you could be having issues too. A straight replacement should just work.

 

Psh. Leads are too short...

 

Cant separate the wire a bit? Whats the led bar look like

 

And with this, we just made some progress!

Headed to auto parts store. Dammit.

 

Have to call it a day too. I have a date. With my husband ! I'll be back tomorrow. Fuses and wires in hand!

 

PM if you need specific help. I rewired my 'Amish crafted' teardrop - because they obvious know nothing about electricity.

 

Alrighty. Let's try this again.

Today's progress:

Bought and replaced the blown 10amp fuse.

Touched LED strip leads to the supply wires, we have bright light!

Attempted to wire in the switch... blew the fuse when I actuated the button.

Now what folks?

 

Attach one side of the switch to the light and the other side to the wire coming from the battery.

 

Oh. Duh. I should have seen that.

Gonna be a bit. Bought only 2 fuses. Blew them both. Gotta get more...

 

You should always carry a set of fuses, I have 5 of every type in my kit for the trailer converter, TV, stereo, refrig, water pump, solar panel - nothing worse that being out in the middle of nowhere and having power issues.

 

I had the spares. I burnt them up. Need an active one and also spares. I know this.

 

Also what's the spec on the switch. Does it give any Info

 

I know the switch will work (@mattgecko custom made this for me based on his fsntadtic bed lights)

I'm pretty sure it's operator error on the wiring right now. Just have to get more fuses... and wire it as @NMroamer suggested

 

Here is a wiring diagram, the switch connects to the power side only and your power and ground will be from the existing socket wires. I would have responded sooner but didn't see you were having trouble until you tagged me.

The switch is rated up to 14V and up to 5A

 

No worries at all @mattgecko !

This is operator error on my part. And working with a little different wiring than what usually goes on for the bed lights. And my electrical idiocy....and then there's the whole deal with camper/RV wiring being a little different than what's standard...