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I cannot see, from my drivers seat, if the tailgate is down. Once I wasn't paying attention and drove off with my Honda inverter gen sitting on it. Went half a mile, never fell off. I got lucky but have been paranoid ever since. I want to wire a circuit to illuminate an LED in my cab when it's open. Seems simple but how would yall do it? What components would you suggest and where can I get them?

I cannot see, from my drivers seat, if the tailgate is down. Once I wasn't paying attention and drove off with my Honda inverter gen sitting on it. Went half a mile, never fell off. I got lucky but have been paranoid ever since. I want to wire a circuit to illuminate an LED in my cab when it's open. Seems simple but how would yall do it? What components would you suggest and where can I get them?
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If it's a standard LED and 12V hot he'll need a resistor as well, or the LED will last about 10 milliseconds.

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Would a 150ohm resistor be sufficient?

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I was meaning the 12v type that you install in your dash. Good call though.

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So they have them with resistors already wired within the LED. I'll look when I'm at autozone.

I do have a fused key on engine on hot lead already.