New Grill Wiring

[Denali34]

Hello everyone. I need advice. I just bought a new grill insert that has a strip of LED lights in the middle and am wondering the best method to wire it up. It has a simple positive and negative wire with it. I want it to come on when my fog lights are on. Is it OK to tap/splice into the fog light harness on the drivers side? Will that mess anything up? Thanks 

[durandetto]

Shouldn't be an issue as long as the splice is done properly. If not done properly the wires will corrode and cause issues.

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[diyer2]

4 minutes ago, durandetto said:

Shouldn't be an issue as long as the splice is done properly. If not done properly the wires will corrode and cause issues.

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Agree

This is how I do a splice.

Cut the wire to be spliced into. This is so you can slide a piece of shrink tube on the wire.

Strip off the insulation on both ends.

Slide a piece of shrink tube on the wire.

Twist the two ends together with the wire to be spliced included.

Solder all 3 pieces.

Light coat of dielectric grease. 

Cover with shrink tube.

Make sure the spliced wire is on the bottom or down side of the splice. The shrink tube will not make a perfect water seal where the spliced wire and the original wire are together.

This way if water gets on the wire the water will run down the wire over the shrink tube instead of into the shrink tube.

 

[Denali34]

8 minutes ago, diyer2 said:

Agree

This is how I do a splice.

Cut the wire to be spliced into. This is so you can slide a piece of shrink tube on the wire.

Strip off the insulation on both ends.

Slide a piece of shrink tube on the wire.

Twist the two ends together with the wire to be spliced included.

Solder all 3 pieces.

Light coat of dielectric grease. 

Cover with shrink tube.

Make sure the spliced wire is on the bottom or down side of the splice. The shrink tube will not make a perfect water seal where the spliced wire and the original wire are together.

This way if water gets on the wire the water will run down the wire over the shrink tube instead of into the shrink tube.

 

Thats exactly how I was going to do it. Thank you very much!!