Does this light need a relay or can it be connected directly to my reverse lights?
1346758
It would probably work okay without a relay, because they don't draw much current.
1346759
I have mine directly wired to a heavy-gauge 12V cigarette lighter without a problem. To best protect your existing car wiring, though, I'd wire in a relay. It's not that much extra work and it keeps the load off the factory wiring..
1346760
i ordered this same light.i was able to directly connect it to use it.i've had no problems with the install.
1346761
You can hook it directly up to your wiring. No relay necessary. I use these for bow fishing and hook quite a few of them directly to the battery.
1819985
I didn't run a relay. Just a wire from battery to the hot side of a switch with an inline fuse. Then from the switch to one red wire on a light. Then wired lights together. Then ran another wire for ground and connected it to both black wires. Super easy to install. Great lights.
501221
No just short wires. You have to install the wire, relay and switch yourself.
788562
No, it does not. All you need to wire these is one inline fuse, a 20 amp toggle, and some wire. Very simple. Other lights require relays, as they draw so many amps. I wired it with the aforementioned setup, as well as a 10" and 20" light bar and they work great. Very bright with little amp draw.
1008198
I used 18 ga wire and it's still 10x the size of the wire attached to the lights. With the minimum amp and voltage draw I did not use a relay. I simply wired directly to a 20 amp rocker switch.
251672
No relay needed. 1Positive wire from meter to battery number 1 positive lead. And 1 negative write from meter to last battery negative. Voila!
968967
This unit would be a 3 pin connection. And was designed to turn lights on at night. To turn lights on during the day there would have to be a relay involved.
1467099
They do NOT come with a relay. You can order the wiring kit.. For my application, I split up lights and put 2 each on an ATV & UTV without using any relay.. they are working fine.
1001267
No. Relays are recommended when device draws considerable amount of amperage. The dome light draws very little amps therefore relay not needed. Installed mine in Polaris Ranger and works great.
2066219
Yes, has to be wired into your tail lights backup light to work, separate wire for hookup.
1539161
id say it depends on the vehicle youre putting it on. but most use the splice that crimps the wire to the side of the existing wire to reverse lights. kinda like a vampire tap..
1819986
I would day it is best to use a relay, unless youuse aheavy dutyswitch. Most switches are not designed to handle a load running through them, even though these lights only use about 5 amps to run both.
1656692
I read some of the other responses..you don't need a relay with these lights, they only draw about 2 amps total.
1008197
I did not use a relay. I used 16g wire. All I did was tap into my reverse light wire from the bundled trailer connections near the hitch. I hope that helps.
1533690
It will depend on whether or not the reverse lights come on with the clicker. The sensor ties into the reverse light circuit so any time they come on the sensor will be active. If you are not backed up to something or someone/ something behind you it won't start going off as soon as the reverse lights come on. Hope that helps.
1001266
Hi Jason, You will not need a relay for this and can be hooked up right to your vehicles interior lights.
539256
They are connected the same way, unless the circuit your current light bar is on can't handle the addt'l 2A per light added, in which case you would need a relay and separate circuit, with the relay energized by the existing light bar circuit assuming you want them energized simultaneously.