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Do you have a Voltmeter or Multimeter?
Hook up the Red and Black leads of the meter to each wire.
If you get a positive voltage reading then the Wire on the red lead is positive and wire on the Black lead is negative.
If you get a negative voltage reading then the Wire on the red lead is negative and wire on the Black lead is positive.
Hope this helps.
Hook up the Red and Black leads of the meter to each wire.
If you get a positive voltage reading then the Wire on the red lead is positive and wire on the Black lead is negative.
If you get a negative voltage reading then the Wire on the red lead is negative and wire on the Black lead is positive.
Hope this helps.
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i dont have a volt meter but starting to think i should get one. how much do they run?
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i got a multimeter but have no idea how to use it (manual sucks) what settings it should be in or anything (does the negative wire go on top and positive on the middle?) (its been A LONG) time since i used one can someone help me out heres a link to the one i got http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=98025
all i really need to do is tell which is positive and which is negative
all i really need to do is tell which is positive and which is negative
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Hey rakapur, did you ever figure the wiring out? If not, the 2-tone blue and white wires are the positive.
I just added a strip to the front doors and changed out the oem door lights. I will be adding the second set in the next day or two.
The picture is not real good, but you get an idea of the lighting.
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I just added a strip to the front doors and changed out the oem door lights. I will be adding the second set in the next day or two.
The picture is not real good, but you get an idea of the lighting.
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never got a chance to pull out the door, hell i still got the LED bulbs for the light in the door, thanks for the info, i will hopefully be able to try it this weekend
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Yes I did. In fact, I changed all of the cab interior except for the gauges and changed out the cargo and bed lights with leds.
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Hopefully you will have decent weather!! I don't think it should snow any more this week!! hehe:act024:
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You are correct. An LED is still technically a Diode which is a device that will only let current travel in one direction. So if you put it in backwards it would not light up. If I remember right, you can damage one backwards if the rated voltage is too high. Of course it would cook it the correct way too!:act006:
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ahhh, i remember the smell of that blue smoke of death in electronics class in school
i still havent gotten a chance to do this, need to get it soon, but dont know if im going to wire it to the doors, i might just hard wire them to the cigarette lighter
and the obligatory pictures???
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Good one!! Check post #5 for the front. Later tonight I will get pics of both front and back:act024:
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that's a cool mod...:act035:
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Thank you...been wanting to get them done for a while now.
Btw, did you happen to notice the cubby area in the second pic? Did that one just after installing my custom cubby from 5S about a year ago.:act024:
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did, now how is it positioned to the cubby cover?....
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The led strip is actually mounted on the top side of the cubby not the cover.
Here is a link to one of the pics.
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