KC Backup Lights

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Needing more light when backing up, I ordered some KC KCC-517 backup flood lights to mount on the back of my Gobi SUT bed rack. Summit had them for a good price and their warehouse is not too far away (far enough to be tax free, close enough to make ground shipping 2-day shipping).

I had to increase the mount hole size on the Gobi rack a couple of steps so the large KC bolt would go through.

Mounted:

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I had previously mounted switches in the cabin to support lights and my airhorn. They're squeezed between the two headliner catches. Left to right we have front floods (future), front spots (future), air horn/regular horn switch, airhorn compressor, and backup lights.

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#1, #2, and #5 are fed from battery power and #3 and #4 are accessory power.

The battery power is off an accessory fuse panel I installed after running hot and common ground through the firewall grommet:

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The switched power for the backup lights, airhorn switch, and airhorn compressor run through a grommeted hole I made in the floor:



The backup light power routes back to the driver's taillight. KC was kind enough to include a relay that allows the lights to run off the backup lights or the switch I installed in the cab:

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I routed the wiring as cleanly as I could. One thing to note, the light mounts themselves are not good grounds since the bed rack has a piece of rubber between the rail mounts and the bed rails. I ran a dedicated ground into the same area as the relay.

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I can still load the rack up without interfering with the lights. This is a really slick feature on the Gobi rack.