Led's and switches.

[lancyman]

Hi All,

I am mid pimp on my bongo. I have been given a ton of Leds. Some of them are
on short red and black wires, some longer strip ones too with longer wires.

In my bongo I have lots of little holes from where a previous owner had cupboards in, and it's left rawl
plug holes everywhere. Espcially by the back door. I want to pop leds into these holes.
Question is how do I wire them up so that I can have them swithced on just at night, or as I like.
Please keep in mind I don't know much about this stuff.

Thanks.

[daveblueozzie]

Quite easy really, just wire the leds up ,black to black red to red.
when you have done that, earth the black wire to a suitable place (bolt is ideal) then you need to feed a wire from the battery or permanent live through to an in line fuse, then to a simple on off switch.
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[lancyman]

Smashing. Could I link it to an existing switch?
I have a tube light by the back door, can I connect
It to this in some way?

[lancyman]

Could I wire it from the rear speaker, blind, or
Another live wire?

[lancyman]

Another thought. The leds are individual, with short wires. How do I connect them all
to one switch, so they light at the same time? Sorry for my ignorance on this.

[Simon Jones]

Unless they're 12V LEDs you'll need some resistors otherwise they'll go pop.