Interior led lighting please help

[xtremegene02]

@xtremegene02

Take a close up picture and post here, so I can see what you have going on there.

What is the control box doing? Is it a dimmer or what. Do you want dimmer to work if so?

Yes, it controls the lights for modes and color

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[xtremegene02]

The adapter plugs in at the bottom

 

[Rhinebeck01]

@xtremegene02

Well, sight unseen... You will want to keep the controller so you can use it to change modes and colors... SO, yes, keep that. You would snip right at the cigarette lighter adapter. Once you snip, you should see 2 wires exposed... One is power and one is ground. Usually power is dark wire and light color wire is ground wire..

Again I have not seen this set so...

 

[xtremegene02]

@xtremegene02

Well, sight unseen... You will want to keep the controller so you can use it to change modes and colors... SO, yes, keep that. You would snip right at the cigarette lighter adapter. Once you snip, you should see 2 wires exposed... One is power and one is ground. Usually power is dark wire and light color wire is ground wire..

Again I have not seen this set so...

Okay hold on I will take a picture of the wire to show you what it looks like

 

[iamstillvince]

a ground cant do what you are saying, your lighter plug is possibly stepping down voltage so when you cut it off and hook directly your giving to much voltage ?
post pic of adaptor maybe

 

[xtremegene02]

They cut the wire and the one that has the button of course is the adapter where it goes into the lighter and the other end is what plugs into the box and whenever I connected The wire to the auxiliary switch which is a constant hot and the other wire to that place where there was a wire connected to it I think I grounded out the hot wire coming from the auxiliary switch and it burned the box the control box

 

[xtremegene02]

I appreciate your help with this it means a lot to me thank you very much for taking your time

 

[xtremegene02]

 

[xtremegene02]

It's just a regular adapter with a button on top to be a switch

 

[xtremegene02]

a ground cant do what you are saying, your lighter plug is possibly stepping down voltage so when you cut it off and hook directly your giving to much voltage ?
post pic of adaptor maybe

That's a good possibility because led doesn't need that much amperage to light

 

[Rhinebeck01]

It's just a regular adapter with a button on top to be a switch

@xtremegene02

My concern / dilemma is, as the other guy that posted in this thread has mentioned.... that, that adapter may be more then just a cigarette light adapter but also a step down unit..

You may hook this up and have it fry your led lights... I don't want that responsibility....

Anyway, with those snipped wires... Red is hot and black is your ground..

 

[xtremegene02]

a ground cant do what you are saying, your lighter plug is possibly stepping down voltage so when you cut it off and hook directly your giving to much voltage ?
post pic of adaptor maybe

Did you see the adapter

 

[xtremegene02]

@xtremegene02

My concern / dilemma is that as the other guy that posted in this thread has mentioned, that adapter may be more then just a cigarette light adapter but also a step down unit..

You may hook this up and have it fry your led lights... I don't want that responsibility....

Anyway, with those snipped wires... Red is hot and black is you ground..

Okay thank you for your help very appreciative and I understand about responsibility

 

[Rhinebeck01]

@xtremegene02

Not sure how much you are into this.... but you can buy a cheapo cigarette lighter at the auto parts store. Wire that to your Aux and ground.. NOW, plug in that light strip with it's adapter/step down.

 

[iamstillvince]

Did you see the adapter

cant tell from pic forsure, sorry. i did this with a sat radio once, baked it. only way to know forsure is a multimeter or open lighter plug and see if it has just wires or any circuit inside

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