RE: RE: Cab Brake Light wiring question

From: Brian (hskr@cox.net)
Date: Mon Jul 26 2010 - 22:55:12 EDT


Yes

brian cropp
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> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Chris
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 5:50 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Cab Brake Light wiring question
>
>
> So I take the black wire from the camper light (see below) and connect it
> to this 12VDC under the truck, and the white wire from the camper light
> connect directly to a ground?
>
>
> --
> Chris Reck
> Bloomington, IL
>
> >> '99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
> >> "It's not the meat, it's how you apply the rub"
>
>
> hskr@cox.net ("Brian") wrote in
> news:AD12A64FC5D44833A670A53CE0880DEE@HuskerPC:
>
> >
> > I wouldn't tap into the 3rd brake light on the cab cause then you'd
> > have a wire running from the cab to the shell. If you crawl under the
> > back of your truck near where the spare tire is mounted, you will find
> > a short pigtail that goes no where. Will probably be wrapped up and
> > tied to the harness that runs from drivers side to passenger side.
> > There will be a single wire in the wire loom. This is a 12VDC brake
> > lamp wire. You will need to just run a chassis or body ground for the
> > ground side, but use this wire for power. Will be a shorter run for
> > the power and easier to find.
> >
> > brian cropp
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> >> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Chris
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 9:46 PM
> >> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> >> Subject: DML: Cab Brake Light wiring question
> >>
> >>
> >> I got a camper shell, and I need to wire up the third brake light.
> >> I'd like to run it to the third brake light on the cab and need to
> >> know which wires to connect to what.
> >>
> >> The new brake light has a black wire and a white wire. It lights up
> >> when I take a D battery and have the black on positive, and white on
> >> the negative.
> >>
> >> To splice it into the third brake light on the truck, which wire
> >> should I hook up to what?
> >>
> >> The wiring diagram in my manual says the power is a White with Tan,
> >> and the ground is Black.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chris Reck
> >> Bloomington, IL
> >>
> >> >> '99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 (Deep Amethyst)
> >> >> "It's not the meat, it's how you apply the rub"
> >>
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