wiring mini led light bar ideas

09 arctic cat m8 · Sep 25, 2017

hey fellas looking at putting some little led light bars on my sled trailer,is there any way to wire them to a 4way plug to plug them in for power and then unplug them when not in use, i dont have a battery on my sled trailer, so im looking ideas or options i can do thanks

CatMan16 · Sep 25, 2017

Do you mean the 4 pin plug for trailer wiring? If so the only way to wire it would require leaving the park lights on in your truck to send power to that plug.

09 arctic cat m8 · Sep 25, 2017

ya well that would be fine as i would like it lit up for setting up goose decoys, is it feasible to even wire that into a 4pin plug and have power come through it

arff · Sep 26, 2017

I would suggest switching to the 7 pin connector.
Use the 12 volt feed in that connector.
Also you could add a rv brake away battery. Small and light.
It would power the led lights without the truck connected.

CatMan16 · Sep 26, 2017

Good suggestions arff. The four pin would be limited to the current output of the park light circuit.

TylerG · Sep 26, 2017

09 arctic cat m8 said:
hey fellas looking at putting some little led light bars on my sled trailer,is there any way to wire them to a 4way plug to plug them in for power and then unplug them when not in use, i dont have a battery on my sled trailer, so im looking ideas or options i can do thanks

is this an enclosed or open trailer?

arff · Sep 26, 2017

TylerG said:
is this an enclosed or open trailer?

I think open.

Most enclosed run 7 pin.

09 arctic cat m8 · Sep 26, 2017

Ya it's an open drive on drive off trailer I was gonna mount the lights on my slush guards up high and so I can flip them around for unloading and setting up my decoys, it's on a 7way plug right now for all my brake and clearance lights, I have a light bar on my truck but it does me no good for behind my truck and trailer,

TylerG · Sep 26, 2017

09 arctic cat m8 said:
Ya it's an open drive on drive off trailer I was gonna mount the lights on my slush guards up high and so I can flip them around for unloading and setting up my decoys, it's on a 7way plug right now for all my brake and clearance lights, I have a light bar on my truck but it does me no good for behind my truck and trailer,

Tap your lights into the 12v power spade on the 7pin

the_real_wild1 · Sep 26, 2017

Current shouldn't be an issue if you're using LED lights, especially if you have led tail lights on the trailer now. If you don't want to run a 7 way plug you can tie into the 4 way plug onto the tail light circuit and put a switch inline so you can turn the light bar off when driving down the road. Make sure the switch is water proof since it will be on the trailer.

Jorgy · Sep 27, 2017

TylerG said:
Tap your lights into the 12v power spade on the 7pin

Where is this located?

TylerG · Sep 27, 2017

Jorgy said:
Where is this located?

Arff beat me to it.....

Jorgy · Sep 27, 2017

TylerG said:
Arff beat me to it.....

Thanks guys. That'll help with wiring LED lights in my deck

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