AOB switch question... is a relay re

[GearJunkie88]

I’m hoping someone can educate me on the use of an Air Onboard switch to control a small LED strip. I have an AOB switch like this: https://www.aironboard.com/online/p...-oem-replacement-flux-capacitor-led-blue.html. The website says it is “rated at 12v 3 amps. Therefore in ALL cases the accessory MUST be wired through a fused relay.”

I want to control some footwell LEDs like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074CHFN1...olid=1ESL5PX6P6SV3&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it. They are 12v 0.25 amps.

I’d like to run hot from drivers fuse box #2 (instrument panel lights, 7.5 amps) using an add-a-circuit (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BU59OL4/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) to the AOB switch to the LED strip to ground (screw next to the drivers fuse box) - without the relay… Do I really need the relay? It seems that since the LED strip amp draw is so incredibly low I don’t need the relay… but I’m no electrician.

Thanks for the help!

 

[rigtec]

"...Do I really need the relay? It seems that since the LED strip amp draw is so incredibly low I don’t need the relay… but I’m no electrician.

Thanks for the help!

Hi GearJunkie88,

Based on the system specs sheet, you 'DO NOT' need to use an additional relay, "See below":

Specification:

Voltage:12V

Power:6W

Current:0.25A

All you need to do is remove the product's switch from the harness and connect the three wires to the AOB switch's wires on the new (snap-in) switch harness!



Wiring is as follows:

Green is 'HOT' to feed the switch from the cigarette lighter. Red is the Trigger circuit, which energizes the supplied relay in-harness. Black is a ground to the AOB switch for the ON/OFF indicator light.

Blue is an option; this is fed by the instrument cluster/parking light circuit so the AOB switch will light-up with the other dash switches when the parking/headlights are on... you don't have to connect that feature if you choose not to! Hope this helps, 'Best to you',

rig

 

[GearJunkie88]

[MENTION=83083]rigtec[/MENTION] - Thank you so much! I thought I could do this without the relay but I didn't want to blow up my runner!