P1000 Backup light install Episode 101: The Harness

[Montecresto]

Do you guys have a product you like for wiring your LEDs? Any guidance is appreciated.

Low voltage is best run in the finer multi strand wiring and there’s many different types. That’s one thing I don’t like about speaker wiring, it tends to be coarser.

One that I’ve used for automotive for years with no problems is Firmerst* because it’s jacket is superb. It doesn’t get hard in cold weather, doesn’t crack from heat and the jacket is so durable that it can be direct buried, so landscape lighting is often installed with it. It’s very fine multistranded and makes superior intimate connections.

 

[dnjones161]

Where in Ohio are you?
I use automotive grade GXL wire, sheathed in Techflex, shrink tube on end, then terminated into an appropriate weathertight connection.
I can crimp the harness connector onto 10' of wire, sheath it, then drop in the mail if you want. Or if you are close enough, just meet up somewhere.

I'm down around Dayton, that's super nice but not necessary! Thank you though!

I ask because we seem to be getting into more projects like this with our four wheelers, trucks, etc. I truly do enjoy tinkering in my free time and am finding more and more value in being able to do these projects on my own. I could go on for hours about a couple of recent snaffos I have had with tire/oil change places doing half assed work on my truck: I'd be terrified to have them wire something!

We like the lights enough I think the trucks and mower are going to get a set, so I'll plan on picking up some of the proper wire to do those jobs.