- Location
- Southern Maryland
I am going to try putting a diode between the cargo lamp and the rest of the interior lighting harness so that opening the hatch will only cause the cargo lamp to activate and not the rest of the interior lights (if this works, I'll wire some hatch work lights into the cargo lamp portion of the circuit). However I have no idea of which diode to buy.
I have read on wiki about diodes but that info is all low-level tech and does not really talk about the practical aspects. I have also read around the interwebs about people doing similar things for fog lights and daytime running lights and whatnot, but those are much higher wattage than the application, and none of them really explain how to choose a diode.
I know Radio Shack has what I need, but no idea which one or what to look for or anything. Basically I'm looking at at 10 amp, 12 volt circuit. Where to go from there?
Thanks for any help
I have read on wiki about diodes but that info is all low-level tech and does not really talk about the practical aspects. I have also read around the interwebs about people doing similar things for fog lights and daytime running lights and whatnot, but those are much higher wattage than the application, and none of them really explain how to choose a diode.
I know Radio Shack has what I need, but no idea which one or what to look for or anything. Basically I'm looking at at 10 amp, 12 volt circuit. Where to go from there?
Thanks for any help