Has anyone tried wiring an AUX reverse light to the trailer light connector being the passenger tail light?

 

I tapped into the reverse light wiring where it goes to the trailer plug behind the right tail light assembly. I used it as the trigger wire for a relay and also did the same for a second relay on the tail light wire, then wired them in series. That way the aux lights on my roofrack only come on when I have the headlights on and the shifter is in reverse.

 

Very cool. Do you happen to have any pictures of this setup?

 

Will try to take some photos soon.

 

So you're looking to add this hella light to work along side the OEM ones?

Super easy, if that's the case. Find the 12v reverse light in the trailer harness and splice in the hella light. You can grab a ground from harness or from the body.

simple.

 

Really? Oh gee thanks.

 

Presumably the additional light is LED? A standard bulb might draw too much power from the small wire powering the back up lights.

 

The existing reverse light supply is good enough to power a couple of these. If I was going to run anything bigger I would use the reverse light supply to trigger a second relay that fed the lights from the 12v socket supply in the rear cargo area.



Light placement on roofrack



Aux lights are powered by the existing reverse light power, via a relay, tapping into the back of the trailer connector plug



Better view of the trailer connector tap



Tail lights are used to trigger a relay. This passes the power from the reverse light supply to the aux lights. Functionally this means that the aux lights only come on when both the tail lights and the reverse lights are on.

 

Thanks for taking the time to take and post the pictures. The detail you provided makes this easier for me to figure out