Grill Wall Art Wiring

[Chief Master Sergeant]

Just finishing up my project and would like to wire the headlights and turn signals for a wall plug in. Anyone done this or have some words of wisdom as to how? Thanks in advance.

 

[daddycreswell]

Just finishing up my project and would like to wire the headlights and turn signals for a wall plug in. Anyone done this or have some words of wisdom as to how? Thanks in advance.

Probably not the best way to go about it, but I am going to take a couple of regular extension cords, and splice it all together and plug it all in. I wonder if I can splice a flasher fuse in before the signals and make them flash all the time. Like I said might not be the best way, but that's what I plan on doing. I'm sure someone will come along with the proper way to do it.

 

[Revelation]

If I were doing one I would use all 12v bulbs or LED, and run them off of an A/C to D/C converter.

 

[hankjr]

Howdy. you need to transform AC to DC using a transformer, variac or a DC power supply (aka transformer) if you will have it on a lot. transformer needs to be able to carry all the current. likely 150 - 200 watts depending on how hard you want to run it. if only using rarely, you could use a spare battery hooked to a trickle charger. once converted from AC to DC, then its the same as the vehicle (ground to ground, hi beam to high beam etc with some fused protection in case something shorts out. you should be able to wire in a flasher can if you want the turn signals to operate. stock wiring diagram has all the deets.

Hank

BTW grill looks great

 

[AZ73]

Howdy. you need to transform AC to DC using a transformer, variac or a DC power supply (aka transformer) if you will have it on a lot. transformer needs to be able to carry all the current. likely 150 - 200 watts depending on how hard you want to run it. if only using rarely, you could use a spare battery hooked to a trickle charger. once converted from AC to DC, then its the same as the vehicle (ground to ground, hi beam to high beam etc with some fused protection in case something shorts out. you should be able to wire in a flasher can if you want the turn signals to operate. stock wiring diagram has all the deets.

Hank

BTW grill looks great

Exactly. Are you running incandescent or LED bulbs? Incandescent runs about 55W per headlight and 12 V so about 5 amps each (dim, not brights). Turn signals are about 2 amps each. So you'll need about 15 amps. LEDs will take less so this will still work. Something like this should do it.

https://www.amazon.com/Acekit-Conve...+12V+Devices+Under+180W&qid=1611617036&sr=8-1

Cut off the cigarette lighter end and wire it to the wires from your lights. Plug in to turn on, unplug to turn off.

 

[No Hay]

If I were doing one I would use all 12v bulbs or LED, and run them off of an A/C to D/C converter.

Yep, when the house burns down because someone used an illegal method to build a 120V light fixture (code calls them luminaires now, and not UL tested and approved), I've heard the insurance companies can say "sorry, that pile of ash is not covered." They're getting a little particular that way.

12V sounds pretty good.

 

[daddycreswell]

What if you drilled out the bulbs in the back of the headlight and installed say a small LED bulb... ie Christmas lights and did the same on the turn signals. Could you not just plug it into a wall outlet?

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[jim3326]

Hell Chuck, if you just want it to glow and not actually throw a beam take a string of the small Christmas lights, incan or led, and cut out the lights in between the two sides. Solder in a strand in between. It's already set up for 120.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

Some great info, thanks! Maybe I'll look into some LED lights and figure out how to jury rig them into the existing lights. I honestly don't care if it lights up or not. Just thought it would be cool.

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

Hell Chuck, if you just want it to glow and not actually throw a beam take a string of the small Christmas lights, incan or led, and cut out the lights in between the two sides. Solder in a strand in between. It's already set up for 120.

I'll send you a text

 

[THEBONE]

Do you still need some grill trim?

 

[JoePro]

I had one done for my son’s bedroom. I didn’t want to burn the house down so had to have a local shop do it for me. As others mentioned, they did drill through the headlights to do an LED bulb so it wouldn’t get too hot if left on overnight as a night light. I had them add a dimmer switch and as it gets brighter the turn signals also come on. To mount it they welded in a small piece of metal on the top of both sides with a keyhole and rubber stops on all 4 corners so it doesn’t rub the wall. I just became a contributor will add pics of the wiring soon

 

[JoePro]

Pics of the front, on/off switch, dimmer & wall plug

 

[JoePro]

And the back...

 

[Madgyver]

Convert an old PC Power supply box.
Use the 12V leads from a desktop computer power supply and you could connect the 5V leads to a female USB for charging stuff.

 

[ared77]

Very nice JoePro!

 

[Chief Master Sergeant]

And the back...

That’s awesome! Thanks for the pics


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[No Hay]

Looks great JoePro!

 

[sprdv1]

Just finishing up my project and would like to wire the headlights and turn signals for a wall plug in. Anyone done this or have some words of wisdom as to how? Thanks in advance.

Nice brother.....

 

[sprdv1]

add another must do to the list..

Looks awesome

Pics of the front, on/off switch, dimmer & wall plug

And the back...