Does the Alpena Quad SlimStrobe Exterior Lights Have to Wire to Vehicle Battery  

I recently purchased a quad slim strobe package, and had it replaced under warranty by Alpena. I mentioned to the representative that I had installed the product on a 2000 chevy crew cab. I placed the positive in the fuse box beside a 10 amp fuse, and the negative was grounded to a support bar under the dash, however watching your video, I noticed all went tho the battery, I know you cant speak for Alpena, but is both + and - directly to the battery a better route to go as a opinion to your techs? Ive installed a few stereos, and fog lights in the past, and hoped I could do this just as easily as those, and hope that the issue was a defect in the controller to begin with. My first issue seemed to be in one of the snap connectors, it seems I had one set of lights working, and the second set not active, until I wiggled the connectors, and had better contact I think, I crawled under the truck with a circuit tester and checked each connection eventually it happened again, and I eventually took out the snap connector, and twisted the wires together, a couple weeks there after other problems, and I eventually took out the other connector, and twisted the other wires, eventually the lights both front and back were on constant, yet dim, so I disconnected the control box from the fuse box altogether. The rep suggested a resistor was somewhere in the snap connector, I guess. Secondarily I have a whole new unit, control box and lights from Alpena. I guess it makes more sense to splice the controller in to the front of the wiring at the dash, then redoing the whole project, but could I take the new lights that arrived, and splice them in, so the unit is eight light attached, or would that put too much stress on the controller? Or if I decide to use them as a type of auxiliary light on the back night time hitch ups, would you recommend any fuse in line?

asked by: Alaric