hooking up 4 led tubes to a switch

[titanle 10+ year member]

I bought 4-12" neon blue LED tubes and a toggle on/off switch. The switch has 3 prongs on the back: 1 says not used, the 2nd says 12v source, and the 3rd says 12v output trigger. How would I hook this up so the led's turn on/off with the switch. Right now all the tubes have the cigarette adapter connector at the end.

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[titanle 10+ year member]

bumpppp

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

When I was running LED's in an enclosure I pulled apart the cigarette lighter adapters and wired them right to the switch. I got the power from a relay I had wired and ran the ground from the LED's to the same spot the relay was grounded at. Make sure you use the correct size fuses too.

 

[titanle 10+ year member]

i was reading the wiring diagram and it says connect the + to a hot source and the - to ground once you seperate and splice the wires. Is there not a grounding point on one of the three prongs on the switch? im kinda confused here....

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Ok heres what you do

Dont use the one that says not used, easy enough right.

Now run you a hot lead ( one that can stand the current needed ) to each of the led tubes, dont hook it up yet.

ground the tubes as directed ( if it has a black wire ground that easy enough right? )

now hook the hot lead to where you were going to get your power from ( battery fusebox etc ) if they light up YAY good job. Now run you a wire from where you got power to where you plan to mount your switch. Run your wire from you led's to that spot also.

Connect each of those wires to a prong on the switch ( as long as the one that says "not used" isnt one of them and they are on separate prongs your good )

if you need a drawing too **** bad.

 

[titanle 10+ year member]

Ok heres what you do
Dont use the one that says not used, easy enough right.

Now run you a hot lead ( one that can stand the current needed ) to each of the led tubes, dont hook it up yet.

ground the tubes as directed ( if it has a black wire ground that easy enough right? )

now hook the hot lead to where you were going to get your power from ( battery fusebox etc ) if they light up YAY good job. Now run you a wire from where you got power to where you plan to mount your switch. Run your wire from you led's to that spot also.

Connect each of those wires to a prong on the switch ( as long as the one that says "not used" isnt one of them and they are on separate prongs your good )

if you need a drawing too **** bad.

lol i finally figured it out....i connect a wire from the + terminal of the battery with an inline fuse holder and attach to the 12v source prong on the switch. Then I take all the + wires from the 4led tubes and attach that to the 12v trigger prong, and take the 4 (-) wires and ground them to the chassis. right? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[tonyroc14 10+ year member]

lol i finally figured it out....i connect a wire from the + terminal of the battery with an inline fuse holder and attach to the 12v source prong on the switch. Then I take all the + wires from the 4led tubes and attach that to the 12v trigger prong, and take the 4 (-) wires and ground them to the chassis. right? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

sounds about right to me. All you're doing is completeing the curcuit on your comand....

 

[titanle 10+ year member]

sounds about right to me. All you're doing is completeing the curcuit on your comand....

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