Reverse light switch mod

[Edge357]

Welcome to my first post! I've never joined a forum, so this is my first. With all the mods available it looks like I should have joined years ago! Anyways, I have a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman. I just got my new Reverse kit from Baja Designs. I'll be installing them inline with my existing reverse lights. Before I install them I wanted to ask if anyone has figured out how to wire them up to an auxiliary switch. My truck came with accessory switches factory installed. Tying the lights in is the easy part. My concern is it will back feed into the truck and cause an issue upstream. Does anyone have a work around? My thought was to put a Diode upstream of where I would wire in the switch. But I'm not sure if that would cause a "blown bulb alarm".

 

[Dinky]

Welcome to my first post! I've never joined a forum, so this is my first. With all the mods available it looks like I should have joined years ago! Anyways, I have a 2020 Ram 2500 Tradesman. I just got my new Reverse kit from Baja Designs. I'll be installing them inline with my existing reverse lights. Before I install them I wanted to ask if anyone has figured out how to wire them up to an auxiliary switch. My truck came with accessory switches factory installed. Tying the lights in is the easy part. My concern is it will back feed into the truck and cause an issue upstream. Does anyone have a work around? My thought was to put a Diode upstream of where I would wire in the switch. But I'm not sure if that would cause a "blown bulb alarm".

Diodes, dual relays and a few other options. I just posted how I did mine with out oem switches. Forumis full of options

 

[Edge357]

Perfect! I found your schematic. That's exactly the solution I was looking for. Thank you!

 

[Dinky]

Perfect! I found your schematic. That's exactly the solution I was looking for. Thank you!

This forum is full of know how. Simple searches will come up with all sorts of stuff. Reason I joined was Google searches kept pointing me to this group.