LED lights wiring

[jpcamaro70 10+ year member]

While I'm getting ready to install my audio into my truck, I need to fix up the led wiring mess I have going on. I figure since you guys know so much about audio the led wiring will be easy for you, so I'll ask.

I have two light bars 300 watts each and four 50w squares. Each bar is on its own switch as are the squares. It's a big mess, wires everywhere, 3 relays, 3 fuses. I'd like to condense everything into a box of some sort with only one power and one ground going to the battery. Will a fused distribution block do the trick? But then what about the relays?

Need help here, and nobody better at auto wiring than you guys.

Thanks

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[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

do you want to condense to a fewer number of switches?

relays are what makes all of the wiring easy. you can group relay controls pretty easily.

yes, you will want a fuse distribution block and grounding block for wiring the group of lights. a single run to the battery and a single ground is certainly doable. you will also have wiring for control of the relays. relays coils can share ground with the lights and you can wire the switches "hot". you will need as many switches as the amount of control you want.

good resources for learning about relays are here:

Single Pole Double Throw (SPDT), Single Pole Single Throw (SPST) Automotive Relays

Relays

Controlling a Relay with a Switch

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

you can get a project box to contain all of the distribution blocks and relays and add a terminal block to combine relay control wiring. don't shy away from shortening wiring to allow it to fit the project box layout perfectly.

 

[jpcamaro70 10+ year member]

Yes, I want to keep all three on separate switches. It's weird though, for some odd reason I can wire them all up with the relays and fuses but when it comes to putting a box together I can't wrap my head around it.

 

[jpcamaro70 10+ year member]

One of the problems I'm finding is that all the fused distribution boxes are for car audio with 0/1 or 4 to 8 gauge. I'm using 14 gauge for the lights, I'd like to go 3 14g down to 1 4gauge.