Originally Posted by odocoileus
I would consider mounting the switch in the bed, where you will most likely be when you want bed lights. You could have two switches controlling them, but that’s a little more complex circuit. Led bed lights are unlikely to draw a lot of current, so I would just drop a fused hot wire off of your battery (this is also make them able to cut on regardless of ignition switch position) to the bed, switch the hot lead, and get your ground.


I'm with Odo on this. A switch in the cab is asking for a dead battery (if not a daily driver). A switch where you are working is simply more practical anyway. To each his own I suppose.


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