power to interior lights

terr · Sep 22, 2015

hi all am at the stage where my aux battery is going in.
it will run my aux reversing lights and back work lights.
I also wont to power my interior lights from it to.
is the best way of doing this.
run a wire from my aux battery (with inline fuse) to the fuse box, remove fuse and plug wire
into the side that feeds the lights. (or is that to simple )
thanks
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dave21478 · Sep 22, 2015

I would be careful with that....
In the good ol` days interior lights were permanantly live and had a switched earth through the door pins, so your plan would be fine but the Freelander lights are controlled from the CCU. Personally, I wouldnt be messing with that.

NoDosh · Sep 22, 2015

Wot 'e said....

You could, however, switch to panel LEDS for much more light at much lower power consumption hence not running down the main battery.

longdog · Sep 23, 2015

dave21478 said:
I would be careful with that....
In the good ol` days interior lights were permanantly live and had a switched earth through the door pins, so your plan would be fine but the Freelander lights are controlled from the CCU. Personally, I wouldnt be messing with that.

They are still wired similar. The switch on the light controls one earth path, the CCU the other.

terr · Sep 23, 2015

so can of worms then.
thanks anyway people

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