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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 09:13 PM
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I have 95 dodge ram using a aftermarket door and lock remote with dome light. I want to add my puddle lights to dome to come on when I open or unlock doors with remote. However I don't know where I should hook the positive and negative wires from the puddle lights to the source for them to work and wondering if I need another relay?. I did hook up the dome with relay and negative trigger door switch and negative output wire to relay and works perfect. Now I'm at a standstill. Can anyone please help so I can finally put my truck back together.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 09:22 PM
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Use the same relay as the dome light, if it already behaves the way you want it to.
 
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Old Jan 9, 2023 | 10:36 PM
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Use the same relay as the dome light, if it already behaves the way you want it to.
Forgive me im still confused, however i will get it with jus a lil bit more info in what to do with the positive and negative. so do I hook the positive to the trigger and ground on the relay, thats where I'm confused. This is a negative trigger system

This is how my setup is for dome light. Top: negative door trigger switch Bot: ground Left: 12v constant Right: neg output from control box
 
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Looks to be Bosch-type relay. So the connections are: 30 - constant battery voltage, 87 - output to the lights, 86 - spliced from the battery voltage, 85 - trigger (negative)

Except if you are controlling dome light, which has constant positive (correct?), you'll want to connect dome (and puddle light) to the the 87 on the relay, and ground to the 30. And naturally puddle light positive to fused constant battery voltage.
Also you can connect door switch to 85, that way puddles will light when you open the door.
 

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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by HeikIlm
Looks to be Bosch-type relay. So the connections are: 30 - constant battery voltage, 87 - output to the lights, 86 - spliced from the battery voltage, 85 - trigger (negative)

Except if you are controlling dome light, which has constant positive (correct?), you'll want to connect dome (and puddle light) to the the 87 on the relay, and ground to the 30. And naturally puddle light positive to fused constant battery voltage.
Also you can connect door switch to 85, that way puddles will light when you open the door.
did what u said and everything works well. I appreciate u very much for ur input and helping me figure this out.
 
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