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Tleesmith14

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krzyd Enthusiast

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Mine are on a manual switch

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Docknow9 Enthusiast

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I used left over18”  LED tubes from my under cabinet lights, wired the directly to battery using a mercury switch that I used 3M double sided tape and shimmed  the switch to the underside of my hood. Has worked for the last Year with no problems. They are on my 2015 Sierra SLT Crew Cab. The LED’s are from inspired led  

Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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On 3/7/2018 at 6:51 PM, krzyd said:

Mine are on a manual switch

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what lights are those?

Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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On 3/6/2018 at 8:20 PM, Dub1796 said:

Mercury tilt switch. Hood opens, lights turn on

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Where did you get it?  Part Number?

krzyd Enthusiast

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23 hours ago, Mike1220 said:

what lights are those?

I dont remember, they were like 10 bucks on amazon

 

Mike1220 Senior Enthusiast

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On 3/16/2018 at 9:37 AM, krzyd said:

I dont remember, they were like 10 bucks on amazon

 

how bright are they? Debating on using a series of these or the rock lights that the OP used around the truck for light when camping. Also under the hood when working on something at night. 

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37 minutes ago, Mike1220 said:

how bright are they? Debating on using a series of these or the rock lights that the OP used around the truck for light when camping. Also under the hood when working on something at night. 

They are pretty bright, I'll get some night shots once the supercharger is installed.

 

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Owlex27 New Member

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On 3/4/2018 at 6:21 PM, Tleesmith14 said:

So ended up finding a thread about this on another forum trying to use the hood latch like I wanted. But after reading further into it seemed ppl were blowing their bcm by doing it so I ended up going a direct route.  I installed a hood plunger style switch but also added a push button switch into the ground as well. This way if the hood needs to be open during the day for long time you can just pressure the switch and turn them off also this way no need for a relay since I am only breaking the ground and not having the hot 12v constantly going through the actually switch.  Still have an in-line 7.5 amp fuse off the battery.  Ended up being way brighter than I was going for but what the hell lol. 364996A4-7B17-4DD5-95B7-FCB51D28902B.thumb.jpeg.260589400b495199dcdf4f46be979ef3.jpeg

Do you have the link to that other thread you found? Trying to get this going on my 15'

Likarok Senior Enthusiast

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If you are still looking for ideas what I have though of is a Under hood light kit from a C5 Corvette. Under Hood Lamp - GM (10303617) I believe the switch for it is built into the light if I remember. 

 

Not Led but would be very easy to wire in.

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