Third brake light - have I bought the wrong thing

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Hopefully a simple question - but I have a mental block when it comes to wiring / electrical :oops:

I am going to run with my spare in the back of my Jeep as I have no need for rear seats. I have therefore removed the tyre carrier and high third brake light assembly. I bought a basic LED light off Amazon, but now I have come to fit it I see it has three wires, of course the wiring that comes from the connector panel attached to the tail gate has two wires (live and ground I presume). Can I use the light I have bought or do I need an LED with just two wires? If I can use it how should it be connected to the two wires from the tail gate connector panel?
 
A link to what you bought would help, but if I were to guess, the light you bought might have a running light, along with brake light. Easiest thing, is determine ground, then apply 12v to either of the 2 remaining wires...
 
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Artsifrtsi said:
A link to what you bought would help, but if I were to guess, the light you bought might have a running light, along with brake light. Easiest thing, is determine ground, then apply 12v to either of the 2 remaining wires...
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Thanks for your help. Link just posted above.

So IIUC connect the ground to the wire that runs to the ground one of the two tailgate-to-tub connectors and one of the other two to the live one of the two tailgate-to-tub connectors. Then just tape up the 'spare' wire?
 
I would just use the stock 3rd brake harness, and connect to the white/red wires, and yes, tape up the brown. It will be cleaner and less problems than tapping into the tail-light wiring.
 
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Artsifrtsi said:
I would just use the stock 3rd brake harness, and connect to the white/red wires, and yes, tape up the brown. It will be cleaner and less problems than tapping into the tail-light wiring.
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Yes, only short 'tails' coming out of the light so will connect to the stock wires that run down to the connector box on the tail gate.

Thanks again.
 
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