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License plate lights?!

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Sack17, Nov 26, 2011.

  1. Oct 12, 2012 at 1:22 PM
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  2. Oct 12, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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    I was talking about the OP. This thread is almost a year old.
     
  3. Oct 6, 2020 at 12:55 PM
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    OK. I'm attempting to hook up some Amazon special LED license plate lights built into the mounting screws.
    They have a red and a black wire. I tried hooking the red wire to the single wire that was attached to the old lights and then just grounding the black wires to the steel after market bumper. I got no light.
    The LEDs work fine if I have tap them on the battery.
    Do I need to run the black wire to a separate ground line that goes to the battery or should it work if I attach straight to the frame?
     
  4. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:01 PM
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    I would ground it to chassis and not the steel bumper or sub components unless you grind down the mating surface. Electricity doesn't conduct very well through painted surfaces or parts that are fastened on.

    Andddd holy thread revival batman
     
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  5. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:03 PM
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    Puhhhhraaaaisssse Jeeezuhs!!!! Its a Revival!!!!
     
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  6. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:05 PM
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  7. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:06 PM
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    I will try it again then. I was using one of the other non light license plate mounting bolts for the connection.
     
  8. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:08 PM
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    You could always run a ground wire to chassis, I had to extend some of my wiring for the lights to work properly.

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  9. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:11 PM
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    @Unchained 5150 has a similar question, if ya'll are willing to help.
    He has an LED license plate light. I had him try to tap into the existing lights, which have a green wire and a white with black stripe wire. Am I under the correct assumption that green is ground and white with black stripe is power?
     
  10. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:17 PM
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    No. White/black is always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always,always, ground on these trucks.
     
  12. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:34 PM
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    @bkrdave36 Why aren't you using the original white/black license plate light ground wire?
     
  13. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:44 PM
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    Always?
     
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  14. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:49 PM
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    8 days a week.
     
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  15. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:50 PM
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    I only have the single wire.
     
  16. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:52 PM
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    Good to know.
     
  17. Oct 6, 2020 at 1:53 PM
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    Ah ha! I thought so!

    I thought it might be black a few days a year too.
     
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    Follow the wire upstream til you get to the 4 pin wire connector. The factory runs a positive and ground to each light, so you should have 4 wires.
     
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    You're going to need both a hot and a ground to light them up. And LEDs are polarity sensitive if you use one of them.
     
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  20. Oct 7, 2020 at 3:01 PM
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    Time to go fishin' !
     

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