Power supply for grille LED light strip

[handyman58]

I am looking for a power supply and do not want to splice into the feed to the headlights. I don't want any BCM back feed problems. I also don't want a short or malfunction that would take out a headlight or headlights. Any suggestions where to get hooked up?

[papageoff]

I assume (hope) you're using a relay to control it.  So, there's the battery in the engine bay you where you can get the load power.  If you just want to control it with a switch, then get the relay's signal power from the battery or anywhere that's a convenient +12V, you shouldn't hurt anything. 

If you're a contortionist, you can get switched +12V or retained accessory 12V+ (what keeps the radio on for 10 minutes or until the doors open) under the dash in a terminal box up on the firewall behind the parking brake.  But... I found a guy on the forum here who made me a harness to bring those circuits out of there and made connecting to them much easier.  It was a few years back and have never had any problems.  You can do a search through my history to find it.  I can't at the moment.

[handyman58]

I was just going to fuse it and have it on with the vehicle on (like the led strips under the headlights)