Motion Activated Bed lighting Electrical Question

E-rich1210 · August 23, 2018

Hello all.

I have a 2018 Silverado LT CC standard bed. I Line-X'd the bed and have a soft roll up tonneau cover. It gets dark in there so I added two of these motion activated LED light strips.

https://www.etrailer.com/Garage-Accessories/Access/A90392.html

They work really well and give plenty of light, however, they run off of 3 AA batteries which only last a few months with the amount i'm in and out of the truck bed. I didn't know if anyone on here may know if it's possible to wire these up to a constant 12V power from the truck, probably the +12v at the trailer hitch. I would imagine this would involve reducing the voltage since 3 AA batteries aren't producing 12V, more like 4.5v at full power. I like the way the lights work with the motion activation.

I know I could directly wire LED light strips into the bed lighting plug but then they would only come on with the cargo lights. These come on once I open the tailgate and shut off after a little while which I like. Anyway, any help is appreciated. If it's not possible that's fine, i'll get some good rechargeable batteries and go that route.

Thanks in advance!

Erich

Darmichar · August 24, 2018

14 hours ago, E-rich1210 said:

Hello all.

I have a 2018 Silverado LT CC standard bed. I Line-X'd the bed and have a soft roll up tonneau cover. It gets dark in there so I added two of these motion activated LED light strips.

https://www.etrailer.com/Garage-Accessories/Access/A90392.html

They work really well and give plenty of light, however, they run off of 3 AA batteries which only last a few months with the amount i'm in and out of the truck bed. I didn't know if anyone on here may know if it's possible to wire these up to a constant 12V power from the truck, probably the +12v at the trailer hitch. I would imagine this would involve reducing the voltage since 3 AA batteries aren't producing 12V, more like 4.5v at full power. I like the way the lights work with the motion activation.

I know I could directly wire LED light strips into the bed lighting plug but then they would only come on with the cargo lights. These come on once I open the tailgate and shut off after a little while which I like. Anyway, any help is appreciated. If it's not possible that's fine, i'll get some good rechargeable batteries and go that route.

Thanks in advance!

Erich