1 more interior lighting thread
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1 more interior lighting thread I'm working with an 01 Z28
I'm trying to figure out how to get LED strips to work in the floor boards. The interior lighting works of the BCM and is PWM controlled. So even when the interior light go off a few seconds after the doors shut, the 2 wires going to the mirror/dome still has voltage.
Has anyone figured out how to get around this or get some type of lighting to work? I have 2 cars to do this to and I hate the dark floorboards.
I'm trying to figure out how to get LED strips to work in the floor boards. The interior lighting works of the BCM and is PWM controlled. So even when the interior light go off a few seconds after the doors shut, the 2 wires going to the mirror/dome still has voltage.
Has anyone figured out how to get around this or get some type of lighting to work? I have 2 cars to do this to and I hate the dark floorboards.
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I'm thinking the BCM controls the ground circuit but trying to get more info from guys a whole lot smarter than me about wiring. I'm 50% electrical-illiterate.
After re reading your post, I think I might have missunderstood what your asking. My post above will solve the issue of an led staying dimly lit when powered off.
After re reading Im getting the impression you just want to know how to wire the floorbaord led strips. This you can do a few ways. If you just want them on when the dome comes on. Wire into the pos/neg of dome circuit. If you want the to come on with the dome light at full brightness, and them have them be on when the lights are as well but at a lower intensity( like an ambient light), create 2 pos leads. 1 lead goes to pos dome wire. The other lead run a low value resistor inline and wire this lead to the pos dash illumination wire. You can use share the ground. In that scenario the will come on full intensity when the door opens and be dimmer when just the lights are on. Lastly if you just want them on when the lights are just wire into the dash lights pos/neg. If theyre too bright run a resistor inline on the pos wire.
Also, while the inteior and dash lights do go through the bcm, they are not pwm in the f cars.
After re reading Im getting the impression you just want to know how to wire the floorbaord led strips. This you can do a few ways. If you just want them on when the dome comes on. Wire into the pos/neg of dome circuit. If you want the to come on with the dome light at full brightness, and them have them be on when the lights are as well but at a lower intensity( like an ambient light), create 2 pos leads. 1 lead goes to pos dome wire. The other lead run a low value resistor inline and wire this lead to the pos dash illumination wire. You can use share the ground. In that scenario the will come on full intensity when the door opens and be dimmer when just the lights are on. Lastly if you just want them on when the lights are just wire into the dash lights pos/neg. If theyre too bright run a resistor inline on the pos wire.
Also, while the inteior and dash lights do go through the bcm, they are not pwm in the f cars.
