Robert S-Max Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Hi I have a S-max 2010 and I want to install a Car RGB LED Hood Light DRL Engine Cover Decoration Hood Strip what would I connect it to e.g. headlights or some fuse what would be the best approach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 11 hours ago, Robert S-Max said: Hi I have a S-max 2010 and I want to install a Car RGB LED Hood Light DRL Engine Cover Decoration Hood Strip what would I connect it to e.g. headlights or some fuse what would be the best approach? What do you want them to become active with? If it's 'on all the time' when car is running, you need to tap into a, ignition live feed. If you want them to be active only when your lights are active, you need to tap into their supply. Must say though, that if you're caught driving displaying blue light at the front, PC Plod take a very dim view of that... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S-Max Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 I would like it come on with lights but shall I splice wires or use fuse box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenFord Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 5 minutes ago, Robert S-Max said: I would like it come on with lights but shall I splice wires or use fuse box? If you want a durable connection, using a piggy back into the fuse box would be best... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S-Max Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 Ok thank you for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unofix Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 9 hours ago, Robert S-Max said: or use fuse box? As Stephen has said it would be nice to use a fuse tap to keep things simple and of course you can easily remove it. However on your S-Max 2010 model as far as I remember, almost all of the lights are controlled directly by the GEM and none of the lighting circuits have fuses except the Main Beam (High Beam). Even the low beam (dipped beam) are only fused inside of the GEM, so not accessible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S-Max Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 So can I just connect to a decent ignition live by using piggy back fuse method as the LEDs I have orders has the option for bluetooth app control on phone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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