Routing cable for roof mounted lights?

[g5k]

For the life of me can't find anything using search but sure this has been covered. Planning on mounting some worklights to my rack...is there an easy way to get the cable routed?

[Tombie]

Up inside the A pillar trim and then under the metal strip on the roof

[g5k]

Thinking of going the Lightforce ROK 20 or 40s

[Tombie]

Thinking of going the Lightforce ROK 20 or 40s

Wouldn't waste my money on them...

Plenty around here, yellowed or leaking and full of condensation.

Google: Stedi

Cheaper, great service, solid product and well priced.

[Russrobe]

I wanted mine at the rear so just went through the existing grommet. Actually wiring the switch right now.

Just going to mount it in one of the side cubby holes in the boot though as it will only be needed when parked up to setup camp at night.

Some people like to use them as reverse lights too, in which case I'd put the switch in the dash...

[Tombie]

I wanted mine at the rear so just went through the existing grommet. Actually wiring the switch right now.

Just going to mount it in one of the side cubby holes in the boot though as it will only be needed when parked up to setup camp at night.

Some people like to use them as reverse lights too, in which case I'd put the switch in the dash...

Not if you want them legal

[Russrobe]

If you're going to use them as reverse lights will they be legal no matter how you wire them? Definitely no point wiring them into high beam circuit as they will never get used.

[LandyAndy]

Aarron40 has a single led worklamp on the rack adjacent to his awning,very effective.
Andrew

[BMKal]

Yes - you can wire them so that they are "legal" as reversing lights.

Simply power them through a relay, triggered by your existing reversing lights. You can even have a separate power feed to the lights so that you can switch them on for camping etc - but this switch MUST NOT be able to be operated from the driver's seat. I've got an LED light I've been meaning to mount off my rear wheel carrier for a while (will eventually get around to it ). This will have dual feed circuits - one via a relay triggered by the existing reversing lights, and one from a switch mounted inside the tailgate.

The circuit triggered by the existing reversing lights will also have a switch in the front so that I can turn the LED light OFF and NOT have it activated with the original reversing lights if I don't want it to come on. This is legal - provided that I cannot turn the LED light ON independently of the original reversing lights.

[g5k]

I wanted mine at the rear so just went through the existing grommet.

Hey mate do you mind explaining this as I'm keen to add one at rear too. Cheers.