installing aftermarket lights

davjohn28

Looking to install a small LED bar on my brushguard and possibly a USB port for the cell and bluetooth speaker.
However i don't have much experience with DC converters and accessories etc.

I found the standard 48-12V 30amp reducer, a 12V LED wiring harness kit that comes with fuse block, relay, and a switch.
Would it work if I ran the converter to the main pos/neg on the cart battery , then the harness to the converter, then harness to light. I can then run the harness switch and mount on dash.

Seems to me like it would work as the harness is basically a 12V setup for a jeep or some other 12V system so it should power fine trough the converter. Will have plenty of overlap in fuses and relays to protect the two small LEDs and one USB port that i need. Whatcha think?

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sho305

The light wire kit will work fine on 12v after the converter. I don't know if you need to put a switch or relay on the converter to turn it off when not in use? I doubt 48v would hurt a 12v switch anyway it would be less amps (long as its not a lighted switch), far as just the switch but you would have to wire it separate. I don't know if you would need to or not.

Cwf

What amperage is the 48-12 VDC converter rated for? What is your total electrical load you want to run?

davjohn28

i haven't bought converter yet. I havent actually bought any of the stuff being discussed yet. i was going to get a standard 48 down to 12V converter. all i would be pulling is maybe 10-15 amps MAX.
I want to put a USB charger to charge my very small bluetooth speaker and phone incase they get low while riding and an 8" led mounted to front brushguard.
I would like each accessory to have its own switch and not run constant. Preferably the simplest, yet safest way.

davjohn28

i hear that sometimes adding the relays and extra fuses etc. can be overkill. however biggest thing is having light and USB charger run on separate switch

sho305

Unless you get something huge LED don't take much power and you can run it through the switch, just make sure it has a fuse on it off your 12v supply. I run pair of 55w halogens through a lighted switch for years now, don't use them much but they work fine. If you get a big light bar then you should start looking at amps it requires.

Im going to add more lights, DRLs and colored LED and LED head lights. I plan to put a 4 switch bar for a boat on there, outdoor switches, and run all of it off that. Maybe I should put a usb on it, good idea.

Hunter450

I elected to go with a simple 15a rated 12v power outlet mounted in my dash. That way I could insert a USB charger when needed to charge something, a 12 volt fan when it's hot or a 12 volt spotlight or air pump. Gave me more versatility.