Thanks for sharing! Great work! Awesome ideal! I work clear into the night and only time I can use light to find my tools is when the truck is on. This really can come in handy thank you!
Get a small solar panel for trickle charging the battery, you could even ditch the trailer breakaway switch battery and wire it into the new battery. That way the truck can charge the battery.
This is what I’m wanting to do, but can’t seem to figure out the right way about it. I have the same wall light he had, and want to run LED strips along each side of the roof with a switch, but like you said, I’m trying to figure out what wires I’d use and how to connect it to the battery to charge it while it’s connected to the truck
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I'm looking to add these same lights to my enclosed trailer, except I have a 28ft trailer and would like to run 2 sets if not 3 in it. My question is instead of the twist connect fittings it comes with could i cut and put my own ends on ?
im not sure to be honest I don't know what the wires look like on the inside you may want to get individual lights with a positive and ground on each one with exposed ends the wire everything together on your own.
I'm not going to lie when you first spoke of the battery I thought that was a dumb idea. But you crushed that very quickly lol. I know in my trailer we have the same size by the way that I have two interior lights that run off of the tow vehicle. It did not dawn on me that was out the vehicle there's no lights. We only use the trailer for the most part to go to far away motorcycle events. And normally we load up during the day. Once we get on the road whenever we stop the first thing I do is to check on all the bikes. And I have two of those overhead lights like you have on the side. And they really do not light up a lot. It's just enough so I can check the bikes make adjustments when needed. Since the virus really have not gone anywhere for the past year and so far this year isn't looking promising. So I decided to take the time to add some features to the trailer. The very first project that I'm going to tackle is hooking a camera up inside the trailer. When we are hauling our bikes and we hit potholes or have to quick stop we always worry about our bikes. And just the incident was bad enough we will pull over on the beltway to check the bikes which is not very safe. Now after watching your video I'm going to take the time to run LED lights throughout the trailer. Thank you for sharing your video I love watching people with different ideas on how to do things and to bring up things that you don't even think about.
I used the largest car battery I found at Walmart. And it has worked just fine. Any car battery will work. You will just need to recharge it occasionally
Hello! Thanks for the video. I have my led lights wired up but I'm about to let my electrician go. I like how you have the lights hooked to a battery. Could you explain how to hook it up along with the switch?
the switch is hooked up inline with the hot side that goes to the battery. so the very end of the wire hooks to the battery, then goes a couple feet and goes through the switch which can cut the power depending on if its in the off or on position. Then coming out of the far side of the switch the power runs to each light, which are also linked together with connectors.
It depends on the battery but I would say they should be able to be on for a couple hours without killing the battery they are led so they don’t draw much power
@@TheFrost7092 I had in one of transporters and it is well worth it. In a trailer as long as yours you don't have to put them the whole length, just the main work area, they make day work very pleasant.
Sorry to bother you again but where did you ground your ground wire to? I did check my wiring and know where I can hook it up to a battery. I just didn't know where you grounded it at?
It’s a larger marine battery don’t remember the exact specs. And solar chargers would work. Just would take a lot longer. But if you don’t use the lights all the time I imagine it would work well.
Which wires did you connect to to be able to turn the lights on when it's not connected to the truck? I want to do exactly what you did I just don't know what wire. I don't want to connect to the wire that also turns on the outside trailer lights. I only want this inside ones. Thanks
I have all the led lights already installed in the trailer but it's hooked up to the wire that only works when the truck is plugged in. I just need what wire you plugged into. Thanks
I do see what you are talking about. I'll just have to run a separate wire to the leds. I have them wired off the wire coming from the trailer wiring. The brown wire is for the outside lights and that's what om hooked into. I'll just switch to just one coming from the battery. Thanks!
@Frost7092 Hey buddy...not wanting to pee in your cereal and all lol, but I checked ALL your comments and I didnt see it sir. You have replied to 4 comments (at least that I can see) and its nowhere in the 4 comments. You said in your video you would post the link in your description. Can you just go back and edit your description so us heathens can look just as good as you...lol
Divine Sound & Lighting my apologies guys CZcams must be blocking the comments thinking it’s spam or something when I get home from work I will go back and look over everything and make sure the link is updated or do everything I can to direct you to the product some other way.
Thanks for sharing! Great work! Awesome ideal! I work clear into the night and only time I can use light to find my tools is when the truck is on. This really can come in handy thank you!
Get a small solar panel for trickle charging the battery, you could even ditch the trailer breakaway switch battery and wire it into the new battery. That way the truck can charge the battery.
Great job, I agree with the other comment recommend solar panel. just remember Solar panels always produce power when exposed to light.
Keep up the great work. I’m about to start my own project on my trailer. Thanks for your videos.
Thanks i appreciate the support, good luck with your project.
If you hook the battery to the factory light power wire it will charge when you connect your truck or drive the trailer.
I like it
This is what I’m wanting to do, but can’t seem to figure out the right way about it. I have the same wall light he had, and want to run LED strips along each side of the roof with a switch, but like you said, I’m trying to figure out what wires I’d use and how to connect it to the battery to charge it while it’s connected to the truck
Is this right?
Looks good man. Keep updating us!
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The link for the lights used
The lights I bought had a switch built in, I could put a main switch if I wanted all of them on at once.
I'm looking to add these same lights to my enclosed trailer, except I have a 28ft trailer and would like to run 2 sets if not 3 in it. My question is instead of the twist connect fittings it comes with could i cut and put my own ends on ?
im not sure to be honest I don't know what the wires look like on the inside you may want to get individual lights with a positive and ground on each one with exposed ends the wire everything together on your own.
Like your video
You dont install a fuse?
How long does your battery last and did you set it up to easily remove
the battery in order to charge it??
With how low draw the lights are I would imagine you could run them for 24hours straight if you really needed and yes the battery comes out very easy.
I put a quick disconnect for my battery charger, just plug it in when it gets low.
A Battery Tender typically doesn't recharge a fully discharged battery.
Stuart Bear it is never fully discharged
I'm not going to lie when you first spoke of the battery I thought that was a dumb idea. But you crushed that very quickly lol. I know in my trailer we have the same size by the way that I have two interior lights that run off of the tow vehicle. It did not dawn on me that was out the vehicle there's no lights. We only use the trailer for the most part to go to far away motorcycle events. And normally we load up during the day. Once we get on the road whenever we stop the first thing I do is to check on all the bikes. And I have two of those overhead lights like you have on the side. And they really do not light up a lot. It's just enough so I can check the bikes make adjustments when needed.
Since the virus really have not gone anywhere for the past year and so far this year isn't looking promising. So I decided to take the time to add some features to the trailer. The very first project that I'm going to tackle is hooking a camera up inside the trailer. When we are hauling our bikes and we hit potholes or have to quick stop we always worry about our bikes. And just the incident was bad enough we will pull over on the beltway to check the bikes which is not very safe.
Now after watching your video I'm going to take the time to run LED lights throughout the trailer.
Thank you for sharing your video I love watching people with different ideas on how to do things and to bring up things that you don't even think about.
What battery did you use and would you recommend it?
I used the largest car battery I found at Walmart. And it has worked just fine. Any car battery will work. You will just need to recharge it occasionally
Nice trailer. I hated to see that nice A-C wall material painted over. LOL
Can you add more then one switch nice to have a switch at the ramp door
It would be a lot more wiring but I’m sure you could
Hello! Thanks for the video. I have my led lights wired up but I'm about to let my electrician go. I like how you have the lights hooked to a battery. Could you explain how to hook it up along with the switch?
the switch is hooked up inline with the hot side that goes to the battery. so the very end of the wire hooks to the battery, then goes a couple feet and goes through the switch which can cut the power depending on if its in the off or on position. Then coming out of the far side of the switch the power runs to each light, which are also linked together with connectors.
How do you go about doing the wiring for the lights?
The power wire(red) just goes to the positive side of the battery and the ground side (black) goes to the negative side of the battery.
Thanks for the video I think I will be adding these lights in my van. How long will the battery last when not using lights? Thanks
It depends on the battery but I would say they should be able to be on for a couple hours without killing the battery they are led so they don’t draw much power
Why not put opaque panels in the roof to allow natural light inside during the day. Easy-peasy.
that would be wayyyy more work then just installing lights. plus the lighting is for at night not during the day.
@@TheFrost7092 I had in one of transporters and it is well worth it. In a trailer as long as yours you don't have to put them the whole length, just the main work area, they make day work very pleasant.
How did you mount the wires to the battery?? Did you get terminal connectors?? I’m in the process of doing this to my 8.5x16
It’s a marine battery so it has two small bolts sticking out of it that I was able to run loop connectors to and tighten down with a nut.
How much paint did you use for the walls? I have a trailer build in the future. Thx
Kenton Lemon I only did one coat on the wall and used just about a gallon.
Frost7092 your channel is giving me some ideas for mine. Thx again
Kenton Lemon no prob glad I could help. Make sure to subscribe so you can see what else I do to it over time.
Have you had any issues with the lights since this video?
No sir still going strong
Sorry to bother you again but where did you ground your ground wire to? I did check my wiring and know where I can hook it up to a battery. I just didn't know where you grounded it at?
I ran the negative wire straight to the battery so I did not need a ground.
Sounds good. Thanks a lot!
What size battery and what do you do to charge it? Cuz I was thinking I might just get a solar powered battery charger but idk if I’m being extra
It’s a larger marine battery don’t remember the exact specs. And solar chargers would work. Just would take a lot longer. But if you don’t use the lights all the time I imagine it would work well.
Which wires did you connect to to be able to turn the lights on when it's not connected to the truck? I want to do exactly what you did I just don't know what wire. I don't want to connect to the wire that also turns on the outside trailer lights. I only want this inside ones. Thanks
I have all the led lights already installed in the trailer but it's hooked up to the wire that only works when the truck is plugged in. I just need what wire you plugged into. Thanks
This set up runs on a stand alone battery it’s not hooked into any of the trailers stock wiring system.
Yeah I want to run it off a stand alone battery. Is there any of the trailer wire you hooked it up to or completely separate?
I do see what you are talking about. I'll just have to run a separate wire to the leds. I have them wired off the wire coming from the trailer wiring. The brown wire is for the outside lights and that's what om hooked into. I'll just switch to just one coming from the battery. Thanks!
@@brandonroach2370 correct, good luck!
Does the switch come with the lights and do I need extra wiring?
Comes with it
@@TheFrost7092 thanks
What happened to the link for the LED lights...
Check my latest comment
I'm not seeing the link either
Scott Tappan look at my latest comment
@Frost7092 Hey buddy...not wanting to pee in your cereal and all lol, but I checked ALL your comments and I didnt see it sir. You have replied to 4 comments (at least that I can see) and its nowhere in the 4 comments. You said in your video you would post the link in your description. Can you just go back and edit your description so us heathens can look just as good as you...lol
Divine Sound & Lighting my apologies guys CZcams must be blocking the comments thinking it’s spam or something when I get home from work I will go back and look over everything and make sure the link is updated or do everything I can to direct you to the product some other way.