LED wiring

[noonbns 10+ year member]

i have a sub box that has led lights built in i would like to hook them up so that they pulse with the bass but im not sure how to go about doing this

any tips are appreciated, also any sites where i could get info

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[SmokeyDog 10+ year member]

its not something i recommend but you can gust hook pos and neg to speaker pos and neg. or you can buy a light control box but cheapest way is to just put the pos under the pos on the amp and neg on neg side of amp

but again i dont recommend it

 

[noonbns 10+ year member]

yeah i was told when i got it not to hook the lights up to the amp. the box does have the plus and minus hookup for the lights i was just unsure of how to wire them the proper way and how to get them to pulse with the bass

 

[>>SQL<< 10+ year member]

seriously why would you want that?

 

[DonH 5,000+ posts]

its not something i recommend but you can gust hook pos and neg to speaker pos and neg. or you can buy a light control box but cheapest way is to just put the pos under the pos on the amp and neg on neg side of amp but again i dont recommend it

lmao! really? do you know what a car amplifier does? its in the name.... also totally dif type of current comes from the output section of an amp.

op dont do this, would be dumb anyways.

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

yah, you might as well plug them into a house recepticle if you do that. at least you won't fry the house outlet if the leds short the wires before blowing. really, if you want it to pulse, you need a controller, or swap them out for leds with sound response circuits built in. either way, they need to be on 12v dc....

 

[noonbns 10+ year member]

see i got the box from a friend and he said to me that it has a switch where you can either keep them on constant or have them pulse the lights are built in and all but i dont know if he was right on the switch atleast i have yet to find one

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

probably right on the end of the lights themselfs..... that is typical..