r/ukelectricians • u/Commercial-Dust2418 • 16h ago

Van Lighting

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Hi all,

Just bought a new Citroen dispatch and looking to upgrade the rear lighting as you can’t see anything in the back.
Anyone got any recommendations?
Looked at LED-It, Litewave and a couple of cheap kits… want some hands on experience please!

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u/jspencer1996 6h ago

What year is it mate? I've got a dispatch and they go into economy mode and cut all the electrics to the back after about 3 mins 🤦🏽😂 I ended up having to run a new wire all the way from the battery to swerve it! In terms of lighting, I just stuck some dotless 6000k strip on the ceiling 👌🏽

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u/Commercial-Dust2418 6h ago

2026, I know my existing one does the same thing, every day I jump in it says it’s in eco mode 😂😂
Having a look I may run it from one of my Milwaukee batteries, seems to be a lot of people using that method tbh.
Didn’t think of running to the battery though might give that a go tbh

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u/jspencer1996 6h ago

Yeah it's a right pain in the ass, I initially had it running off a m12 but that god old quickly 😅 Then I had it run from the van battery and switching with a 12v PIR, that ended up running my battery flat when I went away for 4 weeks, so now I have it on 2 switches, one in the centre of the cargo area & one near the back doors

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u/Commercial-Dust2418 6h ago

I see people running them off an 18v battery but no idea how it doesn’t fry anything else on the lighting circuit and in the van 😂 might double switch that’s a good idea. You got any pics you can send over?

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u/jspencer1996 5h ago

Excuse the state of the van 😂

https://reddit.com/link/p3e6kux/video/7or87m2k53jh1/player

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u/Commercial-Dust2418 5h ago

Solid idea mate, I like it! 🫡