Aftermarket radio plug to run gauge lights

[2slow4now]

I was putting in my aftermarket radio and had gotten an adapter plug so I didn't have to cut the factory harness. The plug came with the dimming wires which can't be used on my aftermarket radio. The instructions said to just tape them off and leave them unhooked. I was also changing my aftermarket gauge lights to leds. I never liked what I did to wire them up in the first place (wired into the cigarette lighter light) Yep guilty and lazy.

Its a scosche plug and has the normal radio wiring.
yellow- 12v constant for memory
red- 12v switched to power up the radio
blue- power antenna/amp trigger
black- ground
4 pairs of wires for the speakers
and
orange- Illumination/dimmer
orange/white stripe- ?? no label ?

Thats the two I used to run my gauge lights. I used the solid orange as the power feed + and the orange/white stripe as the neutral -
The gauges dim right along with the dash lights perfectly.
I figured the stock lighting on the stock stereo had to pull more juice then a few leds for the gauges. Does anyone see a problem with doing this?

 

[Calan]

Sounds right.

LEDs normally only draw around 15ma to 30ma, so you should be fine.

 

[2slow4now]

I think doing it this way would be alot better than having to cut insulation off the dimmer switch wiring and soldering the connection there besides the wiring goes back to the dimmer switch anyways. My thoughts on it are the same reason everyone buys a radio plug adapter to install an aftermarket one. To not comprimise the wiring. I just don't like cutting the factory harness unless I have to.

I don't know how many regular light bulbs are in the radio but I figured it was more than 3 depending on what radio you have. Thanks Calan, I knew they pulled alot less but didn't know how much.