My old truck was a Chevy. It was a good truck and I had a lot of fun with it. For as basic and old school as it was it had some cool stuff from the factory. One was foot well lights (I've got a current project involving those) and an under hood light. Alright, they we're that cool but none the less. My 4runner doesn't not have an under hood light, not that I need one, but I thought it would be cool to build one.
I've had extra parts lying around for awhile so I've just been looking for places to stick stuff. Current stuff is a high powered LED in a hobby box attached to the underside of the hood. I've got a hood scoop so I plan on mounting the box in the depressed area.
I want the light to turn on when the hood is opened, not using a toggle switch. I didn't want a toggle because I didn't want to worry about it shorting out and turning the light on when I didn't know. I went looking for a pin switch and found one quick, for $0.78 no less.
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Here it is. In the picture it is shown in the 'on' position (grounded). This will be it's position when the hood is up. The plan is (it's got a little derailed) to mount it near the rubber bump stop on the radiator support. Power will come from the battery and go to the light box. The ground from the box will go to the pin and all will be well.