Dimmer lighting question

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Dimmer lighting question

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Hey,

I am installing my aftermarket deck in the GP and I have ordered a customer dash kit from humount.com that has text that will be illuminated with a LED bar. I was just wondering how to wire up the LED so that it comes on with my dash lights, and can be adjusted with the dimmer knob? If I connected the +12V for the LED bar to the orange wire (dimmer/illumination for the deck), will it work?

Thanks!
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Re: Dimmer lighting question

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You won't care. I have the kit, and it isn't very bright to begin with:

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If you wire it to your dimmer, you'll lose it.
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Re: Dimmer lighting question

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Oh ok, cool. If that is as bright as it gets, that'll be fine.

This is what my kit looks like:

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and this is the lettering I am having done:

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Should look pretty good all done up. :wink:
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