How do I hook up a License Plate light?

[afroman006]

My rear harness was FUBAR'd from the PO's trailer light install so I installed a new one but I forgot to hook up the license plate light. I got pulled over tonight and got off with a warning for the light, but a ticket for expired registration /forums/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif. Anyway, what do I have to hook the wire up to or splice it into to get the plate light to come one with the driving lights. Thx

 

[ugly_blazer]

The wire for the plate light splices into the running light wire, usually it is brown. If the plate light has only one wire it is self-grounding through the base, if two wires then connect one to the running light wire and the other to ground.

 

[supersize75k5]

yep what he said, also if yu dont have a bumper or it was removed..

the licence plate light was usually plugged into a rubber fitting in the center of the rear of the truck, hanges down a inch or two from the rest of the wires that run between both lights

pm me if yo need a close up pic or anything /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

 

[ugly_blazer]

/forums/images/graemlins/doah.gif I forgot about the factory rubber plug, most of the trucks I get are so hacked up that the plug has been gone for years...

 

[afroman006]

My burb has a smittybuilt rear bumper but it does have a light built into it. I'll look for the plug and if its no there I'll go the brown wire route. thx