Thread: LED Daytime Running Lights - Power Supply

Originally Posted by bee utey

Switch on the parkers, find a parking globe, pull it out, connect the wire to one of the two wires then the other, one will operate the running light off/dim function.

Okay, now I sound like an idiot, but do I connect to the actual battery including neg (rather than + - power lead)? The reason I ask is that I am not clear on whether the control box will detect power and switch on the lights, rather than connecting to + - power from the ignition.

I suppose I'll give it a crack.

FYI, I've done some more work on the Truck.

Cheers and thanks a lot.

mx

the + and - battery go to your battery or a nice solid earth for the - battery as that will be connected back through the body of the vehicle and a strap back to the -ve terminal of the battery. The + can go to the back of your alternator or the starter as they go back to your +ve terminal on your battery (on a D2 you will have access to the battery unlike a defender so no need to worry about connecting to the starter etc.) The + lamp goes to the your park light wire.

when it's all said and done, it is a hell of a lot easier to just turn your parking lights on during the day

Thanks again guys,

It did end up pretty easy to set up, my main concern was frying some of the electrics.

Why did I get them? I'm a gadget fiend.

As you can see from the photo's they installed fine. They need a paint and slight re-allignment but other than that it was easy.






Cheers,

mx

I can't understand why people need to have lights on during the day; there's already enough glare and reflection on the roads without car lights on. Not too different from driving around with so called "fog lights" on - big irritation as far as I'm concerned.

You forgot to add the smiley !!!