DampLemonade
Junior Member
Howdy all,
I'm going to be adding some exterior lights to my 2024 2500 tradesman. I'm an electrical engineer so I'm very intimately familiar with all things electrical. Not looking to start a discussion on relays, flyback diodes, etc.
My question is, does there exist a "male" pigtail version of the headlight harness? My poverty headlights use the 12-way connector 68364272AA shown here. My perfect plan would be to basically make a pluggable extension of the factory harness, so that I can tee off the light circuits to use as signals to a relay WITHOUT cutting into the factory harnesses. In other other words, it would be: BCM -> factory wiring to the factory 68364272AA connector -> a "male" pigtail for the factory connector to plug in to -> my tee-taps for relay signals -> another pigtail 68364272AA to plug into the headlight housing.
I know the female version is that part number mentioned, and they're on amazon for about $15. I just need the other male end as a pigtail as well.
I really don't want to cut into the factory wires. Plus, there's not a ton of slack, so making my own inline tapped harness on the workbench would be much easier. That way I can just plug it in between the factory connector and the headlamp assembly. Not that I ever plan on it, but technically this would allow me to unplug my tee harness and reconnect the factory plug directly into the headlamp if I ever needed to.
Anyone have insight on what I could use or a way to do this better? I'm hesitant to run those cheap plastic tee taps on the factory wires. I've never had luck with tee-taps lasting. Good sturdy solder is where I'd like to be.
I'm going to be adding some exterior lights to my 2024 2500 tradesman. I'm an electrical engineer so I'm very intimately familiar with all things electrical. Not looking to start a discussion on relays, flyback diodes, etc.
My question is, does there exist a "male" pigtail version of the headlight harness? My poverty headlights use the 12-way connector 68364272AA shown here. My perfect plan would be to basically make a pluggable extension of the factory harness, so that I can tee off the light circuits to use as signals to a relay WITHOUT cutting into the factory harnesses. In other other words, it would be: BCM -> factory wiring to the factory 68364272AA connector -> a "male" pigtail for the factory connector to plug in to -> my tee-taps for relay signals -> another pigtail 68364272AA to plug into the headlight housing.
I know the female version is that part number mentioned, and they're on amazon for about $15. I just need the other male end as a pigtail as well.
I really don't want to cut into the factory wires. Plus, there's not a ton of slack, so making my own inline tapped harness on the workbench would be much easier. That way I can just plug it in between the factory connector and the headlamp assembly. Not that I ever plan on it, but technically this would allow me to unplug my tee harness and reconnect the factory plug directly into the headlamp if I ever needed to.
Anyone have insight on what I could use or a way to do this better? I'm hesitant to run those cheap plastic tee taps on the factory wires. I've never had luck with tee-taps lasting. Good sturdy solder is where I'd like to be.
