Also, for the sake of others thinking of adding a back up light I
should add that.....

My understanding is that if using the OEM back up light switch to
control additional back up lights, it's best to use a relay to carry
the added load. Originally I was going to do this but then chose to
have a light I could turn on-off at any time. Due to some poor engine
swap planning, I had a #10 wire from starter   +   post only powering
the OBD port. It draws very little when used and I wouldn't use it
when the new back up light is on, so I figured why not use it to power
the new back up light or a 12 Volt outlet?

As an aside, an existing wire to the (now defunct) gas heater location
was easily extended to the new relay. This switched wire turns the
relay on-off.

The relay is a weather proof type so it can reside where it is w/o issue AFAIK.

Neil.

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So what's the purpose of using the relay for this power socket? To turn it
>> off when you turn the backup light on? If using a switch and the relay is
>> also up front then why the relay?

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