I just put a lighted Christmas wreath on my grille and figured I'd connect the lights to my SPOD unit. Apparently I'm a big dumb dumb though. I snipped of the strand plug and connected it to 18 gauge wire (same as the lights) to make it long enough. I can't get the thing to light up. I tried several switches in case one was blown, and I tried switching the wire around in case I got the ground and hot wires mixed up. No luck... I'm sure I'm overlooking something even a noob would know. Any thoughts?
Is it a wreath that plugs into a wall? If it is your going to need a power inverter to go from 12v to 120 otherwise it won't work. If you want it to run off the spod I think you'll need to get the hot/ground from the inverter to the spod and re attach the plug to the wreath and plug it in. You may need larger fuses in the spod for that tho
Dang, it's never easy is it? Yes it is a strand that plugs into the wall. I also snipped the plug off too close so I can't re-attach it. There goes a good strand! This is probably a question for the SPOD guys, but I think the fuse is enough. It's a 30A fuse which if I'm doing my math right (and I'm probably not), the wattage of a typical incandescent christmas light strand is 40 watts according to google, so that means it's only 1.5V. I'd still need an inverter for that? I hate electrical stuff....
AC or DC does not matter. Lights that plug into the wall are 120V, vehicles are 12V. Either get a small inverter that will put out the 120V or buy a 12V string of lights.
Um, yes it does.
wall 120v is AC and vehicle 12V is DC. If you plug that strand into the car it will blow the shit out of it, especially if it is a LED strand
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