Uh, no, you don't want to do that. You want to run a thick gauge wire back the positive terminal of the battery with a fuse. Then you want to use a relay to trip the rear flood light off of the reverse lamp positive wire. This has the added benefit of giving you a nice power drop to the rear of the vehicle for future projects.

I would never add a high load flood light to the reverse lamp circuit, you're just asking for trouble. Even an LED flood array has a much higher draw than the low Candle Power reverse lamp bulbs.

 

its an LED but you can make it as complicated as you want.
you also have several fuse power sources in the back of the truck that will not require running wires,
such as the rear lighter in the cargo area.

 

I accounted for that fact in the second paragraph of my post. I still stand by the use of a relay to mitigate electrical issues. Our trucks burn down enough already, we don't need to give them any extra help!

 

Do they just burst into flames, no LR warning light that tells you to get out and run before it blows. I wondered why there were rows and rows of d2 in the boneyard i thought it was engines but all along it was wiring ill have to look closer

 

It's not the wiring, it's oil cooler lines. I'm not sure why you're being sarcastic...I'm only offering advice to questions that were asked.

 

I just want to make sure im not missing something, because it dont see them burt up from oil line either. I did see one with a brunt ebrake handle

 

Fires from oil cooler lines are practically legendary in the Land Rover world. Ask any old timer.

https://www.google.com/search?safe=o....0.DQXiIaF50zk

 

when i get a defender i'll worry, thx

 

Ehhh, it all depends on the amperage a led light draws.....if it's less than the reverse lamp bulbs circuit is rated for, then I'd tap the reverse bulb. If it's more, then I'd run a separate circuit back to the fuse box and add another circuit. Never to the battery.

But I'm just a factory trained grease monkey.....

 

Thanks for the replies guys. Im going to go the more affordable route for sure. . Any suggestions of an ideal light output ( Lumens) for the rear work light?