Dash Lights Power Circuit - Rocker Switch Connection

[Amenadiel_PowerWagon'20]

Hello everyone. I have a Hydro Blue 2020 Power Wagon and recently hooked up a brush guard with 4 LED pods, 2 A-Pillar LED pods, 2 rear trailer hitch attached LED pods, and wiring for future rock light and roof mounted LED Bar attachments. I have them all connected through the battery, relays, and inline fuses to a 6 switch rocker panel and was wonder how to wire the switches to the Dash light circuit and where that may even be? The switches I'm using are the 5pin, dual indicator LED ones. The top indicator LED comes on by flipping the switch on when using a specific LED pod set (Showing power is correctly being output to it), however from various videos, the bottom indicator light will only illuminate when the truck is turned on (Remains on the entire time the truck is on, regardless of switch position), if wired to the Dash Lights Power Circuit. Where is the easiest area to access this power circuit and easiest method to wiring the switches to it, for anyone that's done similar?

 

[el_barto]

I’m not 100% clear what you are wanting, but I tapped the ID/Clearance Lights fuse on my truck as the “trigger” for the backlight on my SwitchPros keypad.

Side note...The backlight does not dim with the rheostat , but the way the SwitchPros functions it couldn’t do that anyways because It actually is full brightness during the day (Lights off...similar to the instrument cluster backlight), and then dims when headlights are on so it doesn’t blind you at night.

 

[Amenadiel_PowerWagon'20]

I’m not 100% clear what you are wanting, but I tapped the ID/Clearance Lights fuse on my truck as the “trigger” for the backlight on my SwitchPros keypad.

Side note...The backlight does not dim with the rheostat , but the way the SwitchPros functions it couldn’t do that anyways because It actually is full brightness during the day (Lights off...similar to the instrument cluster backlight), and then dims when headlights are on so it doesn’t blind you at night.

Thanks for the input. I can look into tapping the ID/Clearance Lights if nothing else, because I know those are also kept powered on by the truck being on.

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Perhaps jimmy can tell you the exact wire but you can always just pull the switch out and probe with a testlight to see where you can grab the power from but the clearence lights may be the best idea with all these modules in new vehicles you cant be to careful

 

[el_barto]

Thanks for the input. I can look into tapping the ID/Clearance Lights if nothing else, because I know those are also kept powered on by the truck being on.

No they are only on when the headlights/parking lights are on. They turn off when headlights are off(with the dial or due to bright daylight when in auto)
Please clarify exactly what you want.
Are you looking for a 12v source when truck is running/ignition on? Or that is tied to the lights?
Either way, use a relay.

 

[Rockcrawlindude]

No they are only on when the headlights/parking lights are on. They turn off when headlights are off(with the dial or due to bright daylight when in auto)
Please clarify exactly what you want.
Are you looking for a 12v source when truck is running/ignition on? Or that is tied to the lights?
Either way, use a relay.

I think he wants the switch backlighting illuminated when the dash is illuminated

 

[el_barto]

I think he wants the switch backlighting illuminated when the dash is illuminated

Then what I said about the clearance Lights I holds. It just wouldn’t illuminate when the headlights are off, but shouldn’t matter since the headlights are off nothing else is backlit except the instrument cluster.

 

[Jimmy07]

Hello everyone. I have a Hydro Blue 2020 Power Wagon and recently hooked up a brush guard with 4 LED pods, 2 A-Pillar LED pods, 2 rear trailer hitch attached LED pods, and wiring for future rock light and roof mounted LED Bar attachments. I have them all connected through the battery, relays, and inline fuses to a 6 switch rocker panel and was wonder how to wire the switches to the Dash light circuit and where that may even be? The switches I'm using are the 5pin, dual indicator LED ones. The top indicator LED comes on by flipping the switch on when using a specific LED pod set (Showing power is correctly being output to it), however from various videos, the bottom indicator light will only illuminate when the truck is turned on (Remains on the entire time the truck is on, regardless of switch position), if wired to the Dash Lights Power Circuit. Where is the easiest area to access this power circuit and easiest method to wiring the switches to it, for anyone that's done similar?

Sounds like you are wanting the switch indicator LEDs to sync with the rest of the dimmable switches on the truck? If that’s the case, use the orange/grey wire on the back of the headlight switch to drive them. They should be *close* to being the same brightness as the rest of the dimmable items, but might start to pulse if you dim too low.