I have 12 volt light, install questions.

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

I want to put a couple strip lights in the ace areas of my camper. Especially my under sink area. It is such a small space. Adding a nice LED strip light to the ceiling of the space could help a lot. If I get a 12v strip light with the typical red/black wires, HOW do I add it to the 12 volt system wires? I can see my camper's 12v wires...white and black. Some are connected into those little connector boxes with the flip levers. If I bought a BIGGER box, can I just transfer the other 12v wires to the new flip box and ADD my light fixtures wires into that box? Basically, HOW DO I TAP A NEW FIXTURE INTO MY EXISTING 12V system? Remember I installed my new bathroom fan BUT there was already a fan there, so I just used the existing little flip lever box. I know there are several ways to connect wires BUT I do like the little flip lever boxes. I find them easy to work with.

 

[Grumpy]

If I bought a BIGGER box, can I just transfer the other 12v wires to the new flip box and ADD my light fixtures wires into that box? Basically, HOW DO I TAP A NEW FIXTURE INTO MY EXISTING 12V system?

Find the Wagos that take 3 wires and just cut the existing and put all three ends in the Wago. Both ends of the cut pos wire and the new light then do the same for the ground. Make sense?

 

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

So the positive wires from 2 'things' like, my new light and wherever the other wire is coming from, can be put into the same HOLE on a WAGO or each positive has a port and the two negatives share the final port?

 

[Grumpy]

No, you need one WAGO for the 3 positive ends and one WAGO for the 3 negative ends. If you connect it the way you mentioned it would be a dead short. One wire in each port.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

If you cut the existing white (negative) wires, and the two black (positive) wires, by using two Wago connectors with three holes you are just putting them back together. Correct? Now the lights are red (positive) and black (negative). So, the red goes into the third hole with the two blacks, and the black goes into the third hole with the white.
How are you planning on turning them On & Off?
A switch would be inline with the positive wires.

 

[stinger608]

How are you planning on turning them On & Off?
A switch would be inline with the positive wires.

From the looks of the picture she included, they are the motion type lights.

But yes, @JudyK-JAY22rb , as Kevin and Grumpy stated, the 3 positive go in to one Wago and the 3 negative go into the other Wago.

This is after you cut the existing positive and negative wires.

 

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

If you cut the existing white (negative) wires, and the two black (positive) wires, by using two Wago connectors with three holes you are just putting them back together. Correct? Now the lights are red (positive) and black (negative). So, the red goes into the third hole with the two blacks, and the black goes into the third hole with the white.
How are you planning on turning them On & Off?
A switch would be inline with the positive wires.

These particular lights have an on/off switch on the light itself. Some other models are motion sensor.

 

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

Okay now I get it. I am ADDING another WAGO to the mix.
Of course, I'll not do a thing until I truly decide what I'm doing, then take reconnaissance photos, first.
I just hate messing in that water pump space without LIGHT. Placing a temporary light on the floor doest help much and you touch one thing and everything moves b/c it is such a small space crammed with 10,000 miles of wire, a water pump and water hoses, too.

 

[Jayhawk 29]

Simple stick on battery powered lights works really well for hidden spaces. Headlamps assist the wireless lights. There are some serious headlamps these days that will blind you.

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[LuckyDuck]

Simple stick on battery powered lights works really well for hidden spaces. Headlamps assist the wireless lights. There are some serious headlamps these days that will blind you.

Second that. I stuck battery-operated puck lights in a bunch of spaces that aren’t well lit. Places like the pantry, under the kitchen sink, the cabinet under the stove, wardrobes etc. Many of those spots have no nearby wiring, so the pucks made sense. They use AAA batteries, which I take out in winter, and are motion activated. Work great!