Any way to turn on cargo light w/o interior lights?

[Ward83]

Has anyone ever rewired their cargo light so it will turn on without having to turn on the interior lights or open the door?

[gmcman7202]

mine goes on with a button on the dash, its factory that way, however i have a 2002, so i would say ya you can do that with yours, anything is possible depending on how much you wanna do....

[99-2door]

Just change the feed wire on the switch from "hot with interior light on" to "constant hot" or "hot with Ignition". If you put it on constant it could be a constant source of draining your battery since you might not notice it on during the day.

I was thinking about this the other day with my 3500 because at night trying to back in to hook up a gooseneck is almost impossible with the interior light on. I am going to probably wire mine so that I can turn it on with the Ignition in ACC or RUN wihtout the interior light being on.

[Ward83]

Just change the feed wire on the switch from "hot with interior light on" to "constant hot" or "hot with Ignition". If you put it on constant it could be a constant source of draining your battery since you might not notice it on during the day.

I was thinking about this the other day with my 3500 because at night trying to back in to hook up a gooseneck is almost impossible with the interior light on. I am going to probably wire mine so that I can turn it on with the Ignition in ACC or RUN wihtout the interior light being on.

I had thought of that, wiring the switch to a constant power. I have sort of the same problem, I back into my driveway, and I can't see so well by just the reverse lights. Also, I occasionally haul stuff in the bed, and it would be nice to be able to flip on the cargo light for a second while driving, to make sure nothing has moved around in the bed.