Led light bar hookup

How to connect LED light bar to power supply?

Tip: Never connect your LED light bar to AC current as it will damage it. Connect the light bar’s red wire to the positive side of the battery or power supply and the black wire to the negative terminal. If the light does not work, you need to take care of this problem before continuing with the installation.

How do I assemble a light bar?

In most cases, Light Bar assembly begins with stripping some wire. The wire pigtails on the bars are 20 AWG, and should be easy enough to strip with any, old wire stripper. The wire lengths can be extended, if need be, with a little splice. Dont forget to cover your splice with heatshrink!

What are the two wires on an LED light bar?

Within each LED light there’s going to be two wires; a positive and a negative. These are what we call electrodes. In most LED light bars, the longer wire is going to be positive. Note: this is not always the case and you must first, before any other step, identify the two.

How do you wire a light bar on a boat?

For light bar wiring, you need a pair of wire cutters, wire strippers and the correct crimpers for the connectors you choose. Use marine grade or IP-rated connectors and you can forgo tape and caulking to seal splices. Wire ties help route wiring under the hood and inside the cab. Testing the LED Light Bar

How to connect a light bar to a battery?

Connect the light bar’s red wire to the positive side of the battery or power supply and the black wire to the negative terminal. If the light does not work, you need to take care of this problem before continuing with the installation.

How to connect ribbon lights to power supply?

Now that your LED ribbon lights are connected, let’s see how you can connect strip lights to the power supply. There are many ways to connect your light strips to power. You can connect each strip directly to the socket, this is especially useful when lighting smaller spaces or projects. You can use LED light strip clips to make the connection.

How to connect LED strip to power supply?

An LED controller is needed to control the colors existing beneath its function. It is located mostly in between the power supply and the LED strip. To connect the strip to the power supply, the output terminals should be connected to the controller, whereas the input terminal should be attached to the main supply.

How to choose the right power supply for LED lights?

Make sure to have a large enough power supply by giving yourself a 20% cushion over the total wattage you calculate from your LEDs. This can easily be done by multiplying your total wattage by 1.2 and then finding a power supply rated for that wattage.

How do you wire a boat light switch?

Wrap the fused lead from the switch around one of the terminal screws of the light bus. Connect the 8-gauge unfused wire to the boats common power bus. Connect the black wire of each light to the boats common ground, individually.

Do boat navigation lights need to be wired?

Regardless of the configuration of your boats navigation lights, wiring the individual lights follows a set pattern that requires you to have a fuse in the wire between the switch and the light. With some creative wiring and a multi-terminal bus bar, you can avoid most of the soldering and some of the wiring.

How do you wire a boat to a terminal block?

Run Load Wiring to the Terminal Block and Buss Bar From here the rest of the wiring is straightforward. Just hookup your existing boat wiring infrastructure to the terminal block and buss bar. Positives to the terminal block, and negative to the bus bar. Most are terminated with standard #8 ring terminals.

How to wire (or re-wire) a boat?

How To Wire (or re-wire) a boat 1. The Electrical Source: a Battery In a boat, electricity is stored in one or more batteries. The batteries are charged... 2. Main Battery Switch In nearly all cases your boat wiring system should have a marine grade main battery disconnect... 3. Battery Switch ...