mdrag question for you!!!!!!!!

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I was hoping you would e-mail and tell me how you hooked up your running board lights. The shops around here are useless. I have Owens fiberglass boards so I will have self grounding issues. My signature has pictures of my boards. You can e-mail me at thormsby@netzero.net

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[mdrag]

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From a previous post:

http://forum.62-65-dieselpage.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=001895&p=

I have my running board lights wired as courtesy lighting - just like the dome light. They turn on/flash with the keyless entry when you lock/unlock/arm the alarm/open the doors.

I tapped into the underdash courtesy light on the DS. If you check both wires to that lamp, they are both 12V positive when the interior lighting is off. When you turn on the interior lights, one of the wires goes to ground. I spliced into BOTH of these wires to switch a 12V SPDT relay, which I placed under the hood. The 12V power for the lights are powered by a separate 12V 15A fused source from the battery, with the two 12V power leads coming off the relay - one for each side. I'm sure it could be done some other way, but it works for me.


http://forum.62-65-dieselpage.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000191

Since the DTA boards are stainless/aluminum, I did not have a grounding issue. Since your boards are fiberglass, you will have to include a ground wire + 12V power to each light.