[Josh Cissell]

When putting my ceiling in I had to remove the factory dome lights in the cargo area. Have any of you hooked those circuits up to new lights mounted somewhere so that you have lights when the doors open?

Josh

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[proeddie]

That's on my list for this week! Need to get the wire in place before the last steps on the ceiling...

Will share what I come up with

 

[captainrob]

You could just connect the OEM wiring to any 12v light that suits your mounting spot and be good to go I'd think.

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[proeddie]

Wiring for replacement cargo lights:

Triggered off slider or back door open or by a switch. If you want to be able to control the lights and function as the factory cargo lights do, then buy a SPDT Center OFF switch. Locate it where convenient. Wire as per this diagram:

You can wire to the connector over the slider or to the connector over the rear doors. This switch and light setup will REPLACE the lights that came with the van.

To add light to the existing cargo lights and have 'em act like the existing ones, you would have to solder wires to the tabs where one of the light bulbs is clipped in, and be sure to observe + and - for LED lights.

 

[COcamper]

Wiring for replacement cargo lights:

Triggered off slider or back door open or by a switch. If you want to be able to control the lights and function as the factory cargo lights do, then buy a SPDT Center OFF switch. Locate it where convenient. Wire as per this diagram:

You can wire to the connector over the slider or to the connector over the rear doors. This switch and light setup will REPLACE the lights that came with the van.

To add light to the existing cargo lights and have 'em act like the existing ones, you would have to solder wires to the tabs where one of the light bulbs is clipped in, and be sure to observe + and - for LED lights.

 

[COcamper]

Hello, Im not able to see or find the diagram you mention for wiring the SPDT switch to the factory cargo light over slider harness. Is it still available?
Thanks

 

[LarryK]

I added a bunch of LED hockey-puck style lights in the ceiling and under the overhead cabinets. The ceiling lights have individual rocker switches so the can operate from the doors or by themselves. I also incorporated a couple of dimmers, one for the ceiling lights, one for the under cabinet lights. The attached diagram is pretty complicated, and not for the faint of heart.

The fuse looking connections on the right come from the existing wiring for the door operated factory lights. Also, not shown on the diagram, the orange wire(s) are connected to a +12 volt always on fused source.

 

[proeddie]

Larry, Nice setup!

Co, picture replaced!