LED Headlight Install?

[bradl79 10+ year member]

ok i bought some leds and tapped the power in with the power of the low beam and the ground i grounded to where i have my engine block ground for the right light and for left i have it where i have my batter ground, should i be ok and also i am using 16 gauge wire so should i put a fuse on them since its going to be less than 3 watts per side?

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[bradl79 10+ year member]

???

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

You should be fine, I did something similar.

Strips actually died on me, WI winters are brutal.

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

So u didn't fuse urs

Here is mine

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

So u didn't fuse urs

Nope they're spliced right in to the factory blinker wiring, no need to.

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

Oh ok so it will just blow that fuse then if things go wrong

I did mine to the low beam not the blinker. But i may go that route

 

[jrdnhsnbrg 10+ year member]

Oh ok so it will just blow that fuse then if things go wrong
I did mine to the low beam not the blinker. But i may go that route

White LEDs are hooked to parking lights, amber to blinker. They're switchback LEDs

 

[CrossoverOre 10+ year member]

always fuse your connections if going straight to the battery.

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

Not going straight to battery

 

[robert420 10+ year member]

always fuse your connections if going straight to the battery.

he tapping in to the existing headlight wiring... no need for a fuse. if he was going to the battery, he would need a relay as well

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

Id still use afuse because those lights could be bcm controlled. So if something happens it couod toast the computer

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

Nice did U fuse urs

 

[bradl79 10+ year member]

If i do fuse 10a should be good right? And i inline it with the ground wire?

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

Nice did U fuse urs

No they aren't fused .. But the halo's have a little box and remote for all the options .. Changing colors , strobe etc they are pretty nice