Power to Truck Bed- Help Needed

[GoAWOL]

Appreciate any help, my searches on the forum/YT all lead to solutions that will not work with the PW

Bottom line...I'm trying to run always on, 12v power to my topper to run LED lighting.

What I need help with:
- I need to know if I can tap into the existing truck bed lighting (this would be the ideal option)
- I need options on where to tap into always on power
- I need to know if I can use either of the wires located under/above the spare tire
What I know:
- SnugTop Topper has a at-afb-04 module to distribute power, I've mapped the circuits and know which wires to use for what
- There are three (3) wires located under/above the spare tire, one is for the CHMSL which is what I'm using for the topper third brake light
What I think I know:
- The up fitter wires located under/above the spare tire are useless on the PW because the harness to make them operational is already used to power all of the PW's 4x4 features

 

[Poolmonkey]

The charge circuit in the trailer wiring should work? I saw the guy get into the driver taillight hole and laying under the back when he put my Snugtop on….it has always on power to it’s overhead light, I put a pin switch in to make it work with the hatch/door.

 

[GoAWOL]

I'll take a look. All of the wiring harnesses I've seen are wrapped for war...which is good but makes tapping into them tough.

 

[GoAWOL]

Ok, figured it out. Post #52 of this thread provides the answer. Those of us with factory headlights have a power wire to tap into located under the driver-side area bumper area.

LED Cargo Bed Lights Wiring ?????

Can you hook up an oscilloscope to see if it is putting out a PWM frequency? Or maybe there is just a pull down resistor on it? I think you ruled that out when you Ohmed it out though.

hdrams.com

Everyone return to their normally scheduled program

 

[jsalbre]

Ok, figured it out. Post #52 of this thread provides the answer. Those of us with factory headlights have a power wire to tap into located under the driver-side area bumper area.

LED Cargo Bed Lights Wiring ?????

Can you hook up an oscilloscope to see if it is putting out a PWM frequency? Or maybe there is just a pull down resistor on it? I think you ruled that out when you Ohmed it out though.

hdrams.com

Everyone return to their normally scheduled program

I hope everyone has factory headlights!

 

[GoAWOL]

I hope everyone has factory headlights!

Hmmm...not sure what I meant by factory headlights. That should read LED bed lights. I blame autocorrect

 

[Hibiki54]

You could probably just power all that with an AUXBEAM, SwitchPros or similar. Don't need to splice. Just wire direct to the system.

 

[GoAWOL]

You could probably just power all that with an AUXBEAM, SwitchPros or similar. Don't need to splice. Just wire direct to the system.

I was able to power with the power wire for the LED bed lights. Works out well because I can use the light switch in the bed.