LED Trouble

[gagoch]

Tried to wire up some led lights in the cup holders. They are wired in a series starting from the battery back around towards the drivers seat then into the Aux switch. Then to the bow and around. When I the switch off the ones in the back come on. When I turn the switch on they are all off. Need help

[EarmarkMarine]

The LEDs need to be wired in parallel.

David
Earmark Marine

[gagoch]

so do I make my connection to the open terminal on the AUX switch to turn them on and off?

[casmith71]

why go from the bat to the aux switch? The aux switch should already have a power source. when i did my led's i ran them with 18ga wire from switch to driver side gunwale then back around the bow to the observer side gunwale. i joined into the wire at the cupholders in the bow, under the drivers dash and in the observers cabin.

[casmith71]

so do I make my connection to the open terminal on the AUX switch to turn them on and off?

yes it should be the bottom post on the switch

[tazz3069]

The LEDs need to be wired in parallel.

David
Earmark Marine

X's 2 wire in parallel. positive to positive and negative to negative. Wire it this way all the way down the line.

Tazz