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LED strip attached to hood and connected to hood pin
Its not for show or anything (or maybe it is ) but if there is ever a time when I need to view the inside of my engine bay whether it be to check oil, fix my D2S bulbs at night, I have light.
From the factory, there is no hood pin so the owner of the Toyota Tundra Crewmax Limited probably has a Viper alarm installed or something. My question is, does anyone know how to go about wiring this? More than likely, the wires from the LED strip is exposed for soldering.
If the hood pin is pushed down, there is no power running to it as the alarm wont go off. But if the hood pin is up, the alarm goes off and there is power. Is this correct?
Or you can just mount a switch in the engine compartment.
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Most likely he tapped into some constant power somewhere and uses the hood pin for a grounding point.
Couldnt he just use any bolt/screw as a grounding point for that matter? I would assume that if he's using the hood pin, when the hood is up, the lights turn on and if the hood is down, the lights are off
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Or you can just mount a switch in the engine compartment.
I thought about that but I believe its more wiring. I tried finding info as to how the owner did it or anyone who did a similar thing and came up with nothing. However, with the switch you mentioned, I did find someone who did that on their Maxima (I think). They tapped into an empty fuse slot in their fuse box and actually drilled a hole onto the cover of the fuse box to make it more flush.
He could use a bolt/screw as a grounding point, but a switch would be need at this point. The hood pin breaks the circuit when the hood is closed and the light turns off. Once the hood is open and makes contact with ground it completes the circuit and the light turns on.
I would not do what the altima owner did. Just for the simple fact, I wash my engine bay and that looks like it would run the risk of water entering the fuse box. Causing problems in the future.
He could use a bolt/screw as a grounding point, but a switch would be need at this point. The hood pin breaks the circuit when the hood is closed and the light turns off. Once the hood is open and makes contact with ground it completes the circuit and the light turns on.
Thats pretty much what I want it to do. Hood closed, lights off. Hood open, lights on. Just need to know wiring schematics.
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I would not do what the altima owner did. Just for the simple fact, I wash my engine bay and that looks like it would run the risk of water entering the fuse box. Causing problems in the future.
I dont wash my engine bay so I dont need to worry. However, even if I did do what he did, I would seal it with a sealant to prevent water from entering.
Thats pretty much what I want it to do. Hood closed, lights off. Hood open, lights on. Just need to know wiring schematics.
I dont wash my engine bay so I dont need to worry. However, even if I did do what he did, I would seal it with a sealant to prevent water from entering.
There used to be mercury switches that were attached to trunk lids that sensed if the lid was open (which completed the circuit) and turned on the light. Check with an old timer at NAPA for the application that used them and get one.
T Check with an old timer at NAPA for the application that used them and get one.
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Normal hood pin switches complete the circuit to ground, which require a constant 12v going to the light. Mercury switches, can be used to switch either the 12v or ground. Some OEM pin switches are actual switches, isolating the contacts from the operator (pin).
Don't forget the fuse on the 12v wire, as close as possible to where you get it.
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