Thread: LED strips in footwells

Originally Posted by burgundybullet

I hooked mine up to the fuse box with a fuse tap. I have it tapped into a power source that allows for power in both the ACC and ON positions with the key. That way I can have a dim glow while I am drving or have a dim light while the car is sitting. I figured that I would get tired of having them on all the time so I hooked up two switches. One for the front seat LEDs and one for the rears. I really like how mine are set up.

could you explain this a bit more to me? like what power source?

my car had some when i got it but they didn't work. one day they randomly came on and it was because of bad ground. so i got them grounded and found out they don't shut off--at all. i thought maybe there was a remote, like for an amp, but could not find any such wire. So i put a switch in. i kind of like the switch idea but i don't know where i actually want the switch.

Originally Posted by Shiftingshaddow

could you explain this a bit more to me? like what power source?

my car had some when i got it but they didn't work. one day they randomly came on and it was because of bad ground. so i got them grounded and found out they don't shut off--at all. i thought maybe there was a remote, like for an amp, but could not find any such wire. So i put a switch in. i kind of like the switch idea but i don't know where i actually want the switch.

It was in the fuse panel in the glovebox. I put a fuse tap into a spot with a 10a fuse and then put another 10a fuse into the fuse tap. I then ran one wire from that up to where I was going to put the switches where I split it to run power to both switches. Then I ran 2 wires out of one switch for the front floor LED strips. Then I ran 2 wires out of the other switch for the rear floor lights. Thats pretty much it. I could post some pictures of some of the stuff that I can get to easy enough to show you.

Even if you want them all on one or all on all the time I would suggest re-thinking that. At first I was just going to have them all on one switch but decided to add in a seperate one for the back. So glad I did. I dont like having the light on back there if no one is sitting back there because in my mind it is a waste. I also like having the front ones shut off during the day to extend the life of the LEDs. Plus they arent really visible during the day.