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Old 04-17-2008, 12:28 PM
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Default Need wiring diag. for the LED ashtray MOD

https://dodgeforum.com/m_903819/tm.htm

Post shows a factory wiring harness... However my 2003 1500 doesnt have this harness there... so I had to rig it up another way, and I think that is giving me problems with getting a shock everytime I get out of my truck now..

So does anyone have that wiring diag? so I can then tap into the correct wires?
 
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Old 04-17-2008, 12:43 PM
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Your wiring is not whats shocking you when you exit your truck. It is static electricity thats doing that. The weather can have A lot to do with that. On cool, windy days with little or no humidity static electricity can build quickly. I have a pair of shoes that does that to me also. Every time I wear that pair of shoes i get the crap knocked out of me by static.
 
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Old 04-17-2008, 01:24 PM
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I get out of my truck before I do the MOD.... no static discharge/shock... install the MOD, where I had to ground one of the legs of the LED to the chassis, and I go to get out and I get shocked....

im still wearing the same shoes, and it's not wet, nor has the weather changed....

ad it's not just me... my kid, same thing.... my g/f.... same thing.... whoever gets out first, and touches the ground and the door first gets the discharge....
 
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This is low-current DC. The shock you're getting is not from your ashtray light. What circuit did you use for the LEDs?
 
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the dimmer circuit from the HU and a chassis ground
 
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Hmmm. Definitely low-current. There's gotta be some sort of higher-current INTERMITTENT charge somewhere. 'Bout the only thing on a car that'll pop you hard is a spark plug, and brudda, they'll light you up. That's because the power comes and goes and is probably around 50KV in modern cars. The battery can burn the heck outa ya if you get metal across both poles. Maybe HID lights can thump you pretty hard, I don't know. Maybe you can go back into the dash and be sure there's no harness for the lamps. What trim level is your truck?
 



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