AUXBEAM RGB Controller - Ram Rebel

In this video I install AUXBEAM's new RGB 8-gang controller. I needed more than 4 switches and I wanted some backlighting on my panel so it was time to upgrade! This controller just came out and allows you to adjust the backlighting to match your interior lighting. Also, the ability to group lights together is awesome!
This is one of the most cost effective switch panels with the most options on the market.
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[@MrBigdog97sbp]

Awesome video!!! I am returning the Auxbeam 6 gang switch I recently bought, but haven't installed yet and ordering this one. The options thru the app make it even better. Thanks!!!

[@mikeg4317]

Great video, wish Auxbeam would have had the RGB option when I installed it over a year ago. Some, on another forum, downplay Auxbeam. I can tell you from personal experience these units are solid. Been in my truck for over a year with ZERO issues. Installed in a 2020 Ram 2500.

[@WaterFowler41]

Same! Cannot best the quality for the price point.

[@skoolynugenator1802]

@@WaterFowler41 just installed an 8 gang switch panel and I’m shocked how well everything is made for the money.

[@WaterFowler41]

Can’t beat it!

[@ShaneEstabrooks]

Very well explained.. thanks

[@WaterFowler41]

Glad it was helpful!

[@dtaposse8858]

Nice job buddy very detail and informative nice truck

[@definitelyduse]

I’d like to run this independent of the ignition switch.

[@TheAutomotiveKid]

Awesome switch and box install. However, how do you go about wiring the actual components to the box? Do you grab them from the fuse box?

[@WaterFowler41]

There’s a + and - terminal for every channel, run the wires from your accessory directly to the box

[@JR-pd9xz]

could you show where in the fuse box the sunbeam ignition wire exactly goes

[@yitbosadventures63]

COOL Video

[@TboneSRT]

great vid man! i may have missed it, but what fuse did you tap into for the ACC power wire?

[@WaterFowler41]

F38

[@tsteinour]

Hey when you ran thru the firewall. You mentioned you cut the control cable. How many wires were there in that. Seems like it would be easier and less of a hole needed.

[@WaterFowler41]

I cut the wire so the hole could be pretty small

[@paulwhite3265]

What does f38 say it's for on yours?

[@samlane1721]

One thing you probably didn’t notice is there’s a little dot in the middle of the left four buttons and that’s a light sensor to adjust the brightness in day time and night time

[@WaterFowler41]

I aware of it and love that feature!

[@echizuka]

Great video! Do you have a video on how you installed the power distribution on your battery? Thanks for everything.

[@WaterFowler41]

Thanks! Yeah I cover that in my stereo build walkthrough

[@echizuka]

@@WaterFowler41 thanks, just found it there, keep up the awesome vids and knowledge…

[@keith9388]

Hey thanks for the vid. When you were running the wires through the gasket into the engine bay you mentioned 'flat tow your truck @20:32. What were you getting at there? Wasn't sure what you meant, but was curious.

[@WaterFowler41]

There’s a orange strap inside the cab sort of where your left knee is. This is the transmission release, allows you to put the trans in neutral. That strap is tied to a cable that goes through that gasket.

[@keith9388]

@@WaterFowler41 Ah, I see thanks

[@garrettwireman553]

If i want the rgb, but I don't care about backlight, can i get a wireless remote/panel?

[@Lasani1121]

Awesome Video and great install. I am looking to do lightwork to my 2019 rebel i.e. Oracle Light Bar, Aux Beam Grill lights, Baja LP 4, and rocker lights. My only question is, what are your thoughts on the Auxbeam vs SPOD? The auxbeam seems to be the kit to Rough Country and some others resellers. Seems like they simply co-brand the unit and sale it.

[@WaterFowler41]

Yes I’m sure they are all rebranding these switch panels. This particular switch is different than the rough country one because you can change the backlighting with the auxbeam rgb app. With the rc one you cannot.

[@Lasani1121]

Got it. Understood. Have you had any issues since install?

[@WaterFowler41]

Nope love the controller, can’t beat the price

[@Lasani1121]

Thanks for the feedback. I will go with this unit. I was on the fence with purchasing an SPOD which is $915

[@justinbryant70]

So can you turn on/off the lights from your phone using the app as well? Or is it just for the back light on the remote & light configuration? Thanks again, much appreciated!💪

[@WaterFowler41]

No, you cannot operate the lights from the app, just make adjustments to the way the panel operates (I.e grouping light circuits)

[@Auxbeam]

[@chrismoore1177]

Update after install? Would love to hear how it working.. trying to decide between switch pros and this unit..

[@WaterFowler41]

No issues what so ever. Does exactly what it need it to do and it matches my dash nicely.

[@honda9810]

How did you mount the brain to your fuse box? Did you end up using the brackets

[@WaterFowler41]

Nope just some dual lock velcro

[@adamholt4274]

How did you mount the brain to the fuse panel top?

[@WaterFowler41]

I used 3m dual lock Velcro

[@jamesr124]

Very cool. So does this use relays or are you using the relays that came with the lights?

[@WaterFowler41]

The controller “brain” has built in relays

[@jamesr124]

@@WaterFowler41 ok thanks. I didn't really see much information on this particular one. The lower priced ones show the relays on the controller.

[@WaterFowler41]

Yeah spend the few extra for the rgb one. The app and being able to group lights together to turn on at the same time when you push a single button is well worth it

[@jamesr124]

@@WaterFowler41 thanks again. Ill be going thru your link to purchase. Stay safe

[@WaterFowler41]

Thanks so much!

[@justinbryant70]

Hey, don’t know if you still have the TRX style lights installed, but if so will you be hooking them up to the auxbeam or keeping them on the relay setup? I guess my question is, could you eliminate the relay & hook directly to auxbeam? ….as I am writing this, thinking, they are basically running lights, & without that relay trigger, they would not come on as such, lol. Thanks for the great videos bud!

[@WaterFowler41]

Yup answered yourself there but since they were running lights I wanted them on when the truck ran and didn’t want to hit a button every time they turned on

[@justinbryant70]

Agreed! & just to be clear, you ran that relay setup into one of the outputs on your fuse block correct? Thanks again!

[@WaterFowler41]

Negative it’s tied to the marker light wire (white/orange stripe) in the passenger side headlight harness.

[@jacobweinberger9566]

Question about your f38 fuse, what is that fuse for? I have a ram 2020 new body style and all my fuses were micro and the add a circuit wouldn’t fit any fuses.

[@WaterFowler41]

You’ll need a micro2 add a fuse

[@JT4R__]

On the switch panel do you double click the button to do the flash strobe

[@WaterFowler41]

No you have to go into the app and tell the controller how each button should control it’s respective circuit when you push it. Option 1. On/off toggle, push on, push again off Option 2. Momentary, push and hold button, it stays on, let go of button, light turns off Option 3. Strobe, push button, light turns on and strobes, push button again, light turns off. All of these is done via the Auxbeam app.

[@M3MPH1SM0J0]

So can the app control rgb equipped lights like demon eye headlights or rgb backlit light bars and change each color?

[@WaterFowler41]

The controller is only and on/off controller it is not an rgb controller. You will need a different controller for that. The app only controls the back lighting for the switch panel.

[@jovannytavares6106]

Question my F38 fuse is a 10 and the adapter is a 5. Do I need to change both fuse on the adapter to 10? Thanks

[@WaterFowler41]

Yes

[@fdurango]

Hi, I just installed exactly as it is and panel lights up, but all my connected accesories do not work. Panel lights up and I press all the buttons to turn on my accesories but it is like there’s is nothing connected. Do yo have any suggestion? Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@WaterFowler41]

I would double check your lighting terminals are properly torqued down and the wires are stripped enough to make a good contact.

[@Rj-bl5sx]

How do you hook up your lights to this if the lights comes with its own switch such as a light bar , cube lights

[@WaterFowler41]

There’s positive and negative terminals for each light. Hook the lights directly to the terminal for the corresponding button on the panel. No need for the individual switches once you have this panel

[@em9214]

What fuse connector did you use to connect the auxbeams brain to the trucks fuse box?

[@WaterFowler41]

Micro2 add a fuse. Check out this video for more info on how I wired my previous controller. I used the same connections for my aux beam controller. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOTZ42kf9SBaZY

[@andrewlund3886]

Hey, do you know how much power the switch panel uses to operate? As in standby power for Bluetooth and to illuminate the switch panel? Hoping to run this in a canopy on my aux battery but don’t want it to draw too much power itself. Cheers

[@WaterFowler41]

That's a REALLY good question that I do not have the answer for. AUXBEAM customer service is pretty responsive, have you tried reaching out to them yet?

[@jms7585]

Can i fuse a 10 amp light accessory into the 30 amp circuit with a 10 amp fuse? Or is the 30 amp circuit only for accessories that are fused by 30 amp fuses? Essentially, can I fuse accessories with a fuse rating lower than what the circuit is rated for???

[@WaterFowler41]

correct lower is OK, higher is no bueno

[@uniteddrones7626]

If I turn on 1,2,4 let’s say and I turn the truck off. When I turn it back on will the panel automatically turn back on 1,2,4 since you didn’t actually turn them off by the button but instead of just cutting power. Or would I need to press the buttons again to turn it back on

[@WaterFowler41]

Negative they all reset, I had to check that sorry for the delay

[@fabioperalta1044]

Thank you for always putting out these awesome sources of information! I am still scared as shit to do all this on my own. I am planning to get the light bar and brackets you have mounted, I already bought the 3 small lights for the rear and front of the truck (TRX style) but like I said…I’m a p***y LOL. My biggest concern is how to tun these wires underneath and hooking it up to the battery/fuse box😩

[@WaterFowler41]

Welp if you have any specific question let me know!

[@fabioperalta1044]

@@WaterFowler41 thank you brother. will certainly do so

[@lalok9912]

If you have you lights on and then you turn off your vehicle and the turn the vehicle back on the lights will be on to or you have to represse the buttons to turn the lights on ? No one talk about this please some owners that has this switch panel help me out with this doubt

[@WaterFowler41]

Great question and no. If you have all the lights on and turn off the truck, the lights will all need to be manually turned back on. The remote does not have memory.

[@TheOuterRoom]

Installing right now but I was wondering you said you poke a hole through the firewall. Is that behind the flap? So you made a new hole? I’m a little confused thanks

[@WaterFowler41]

Yes I made a hole to the side and pulled the wire through

[@sweetshelby67]

I noticed in the video your pro clip phone holder has a Scosche magic mount on it instead of the pro clip holder. Just curious if you were having issues with the pro clip holder?

[@WaterFowler41]

I switch phones cases to a magnetic back case but I’m back in a normal and using the pro clip holder again.

[@sweetshelby67]

@@WaterFowler41 Was just curious, was thinking of purchasing the pro clip holder. Thanks

[@philbishop283]

Could you not just change the 5amp fuses to a 10am fuse to make to have more options? Are the 5amp slots limited to 5amp?

[@WaterFowler41]

That’s a great question and I’m not too sure. Since the whole board is potted you can really see what electrical components to see if switching a fuse would have harmful affects. That be a good question for the manufacturer.

[@chrisk164]

Great video bud..will it strobe all in a group?

[@WaterFowler41]

That’s a good question I’ll check and report back

[@WaterFowler41]

Update: yes it does!!! Scared the hell out of my neighbor!

[@luk_deg]

Can you turn off lights for a specific button?

[@WaterFowler41]

The backlighting? No, all ON or all OFF

[@Mrv1960]

I am just curious what make is your light bar and ditch lights to connect them to 30 amp fuses?

[@WaterFowler41]

All of my lights are from Diode Dynamics. The ditch lights and the light bar are each powered by their own circuits but the auxbeam controller allows me to group them so if I hit one of the switches for either light, they both turn on

[@Mrv1960]

@@WaterFowler41 nice, I have Diode Dynamic products on my Ram also.

[@dallon507]

I didn’t know there was an upgrade until I just installed mine and hit KZbin to see how everyone else installed 🤦🏻‍♂️ I was disappointed how NOT water proof the original fuse box is. I wish there were an option to have power on without the key on, without the backlight always on (killing the battery). Like On/Off no key needed.

[@tom73055]

Can you add the app to your truck screen and view it on your truck lcd screen? That would be nice so that your phone doesn’t have to be connected or used . Thanks for the great video it was informative.

[@WaterFowler41]

No you can’t unfortunately Thanks!

[@tom73055]

Thank you for responding back appreciate your response

[@Yeayeajjj]

Did u drill hole in wireless.charging area?

[@WaterFowler41]

I don’t have wireless charging

[@HoangTran-bd2ce]

Do you think connecting the trigger wire to constant power fuse would work without having to turn on to acc or run? Would like to turn on some lights without getting into the car when camping.

[@WaterFowler41]

I believe the backlighting on the lighting panel would be on all the time if you used a constant power feed so that's probably not a great option.

[@HoangTran-bd2ce]

@@WaterFowler41 Make sense. Thanks for the response

[@johnbook9881]

I had the same issue. I wanted to be able to utilize some lights without the ACC on. I had a great system in my Jeep that allowed you to do that without constantly drawing power to the panel back light. What I did was run a small cut off switch inside the cab. This allows me to turn on the panel at anytime without turning on anything else. Now I can turn on my bed lights, running board lights, and so on without functioning the ignition at all. I can kill the power with the one switch and there is no drain on the battery.

[@HoangTran-bd2ce]

Thanks John, I was thinking of adding a switch too.

[@grayiswhoiam]

Off topic, but it looks like you have the ProClip mount for your cell phone. Could you please let me know the exact dimensions of the mount plate itself (the one attached to the mount bracket)? I'm looking to mount an accessory on there and would like to make sure it fits properly.

[@WaterFowler41]

It’s 5 cm vertical and 7 cm long

[@grayiswhoiam]

@@WaterFowler41 I'm surprised at those dimensions. It looks much wider than high. Are we talking about the same plate which your phone mount (or other) mount attaches to?

[@RA-sk5cm]

How did you run the acc wire in to the main fuse box? Also, I have the secondary fuse block for the positive power wire. Did you not have that? Is it needed other than for extra protection? Not sure where to mount that. Thanks!!

[@em9214]

I am looking for this too. The 2022 rebel fuse box connections are smaller than the ones they sell online

[@RA-sk5cm]

I ran the wire out the motor side of the fuse compartment. Doesn’t pinch anywhere on that side. Not sure how to post pics on a reply or I would for the rest.

[@WaterFowler41]

I didn’t use the secondary fuse because it already have a dual fuse block serving my amplifier. I had a spare fuse position so that’s what I’m used. Like you I snaked the acc wire carefully though my fuse box. You can see more info in my Trigger controller install. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpOTZ42kf9SBaZY

[@WaterFowler41]

You will need a micro2 add-a-fuse.

[@RA-sk5cm]

I got it all figured out and wired up. Thank you for the reply and great video!

[@lukelichtenwalner1840]

Do you still have the Trigger?? Possibly sell it?? I'm still running the Blazer, and tbh I hate it. lol

[@WaterFowler41]

Sold it a few weeks ago, sorry!

[@genelong203]

What kind of phone mount is that?

[@WaterFowler41]

Bullet point!

[@jworden570]

If you’re not planning to have more than 2 or 3 different lights would you recommend this over the old setup or is that the way to go?

[@WaterFowler41]

The fact that I can program banks of lights and change the background colors makes this my go to aux panel even if I don’t need all the lights.

[@gustavoriveroll6729]

does the wireless charging still work for the phone?

[@WaterFowler41]

I don’t have wireless charging so not an issue here. If you use the wireless charging a lot, you may want to slide the control panel to the right side more.

[@gustavoriveroll6729]

so if i slide the control panel to the left the wirless charging should work? @@WaterFowler41

[@tom73055]

Do they use micro relays? I don’t see any relays on your install where are the relays located?

[@WaterFowler41]

They are built into the controller that I mounted under the hood

[@tom73055]

@@WaterFowler41 the reason I asked you was to see the difference between aux beam and the Feniex controller 4200 I just bought to run 3 color T 3 led lights . I wanted something made in the USA with great customer service when needed . Fire and ambulance services use this and other controllers made by Feniex. Thank you for responding back . Tom

[@shanetarver]

When i used f38 with the micro add a fuse it throws my 4wd service light on. Do you know another alternative fuse ?

[@WaterFowler41]

Do you have a fuse in both slots on the add-a-fuse? You’ll need two fuses of the same amperage. If you are missing one, you will have an issue.

[@shanetarver]

@@WaterFowler41 ah that must be it! I just had one thank you!!

[@markperez5923]

@@shanetarver did adding the other fuse work for you??

[@shanetarver]

@@markperez5923 100% solved it

[@markperez5923]

@@shanetarver what exactly is that fuse for?? I’m so nervous to tap into the wrong fuse.

[@CarlosJimenez-rl2pi]

Good video!! Can you let me know what’s the name of the app?

[@WaterFowler41]

It’s called switch panel in iTunes

[@fredA1234]

What if the truck has wireless charging?

[@WaterFowler41]

Then this isn’t a good spot to mount the control panel

[@fredA1234]

Thanks

[@jasondowd7077]

Nice informative videos but super, super, super repetitive at each section. I think you could save yourself time by explaining everything once as you do it, and then maybe a recap at the end. I just got this 8 gang and with this video, have confirmed how I want to install the controller. Did you mount the control box to the fuse box cover? It appeared that way. Thanks again.

[@WaterFowler41]

Yes it’s mounted to the top of my fuse box with dual lock Velcro. Regarding the repetitiveness 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Coolesttech]

@@WaterFowler41 hi, the add a fuse you mention is it the one that comes in the auxbeam kit or did you have to order something else?

[@WaterFowler41]

You’ll have to get a micro2 add a fuse. The kit doesn’t come with that specific one

[@Coolesttech]

@@WaterFowler41 do you have a link to the one you ordered or is there just one version? Also how did you mount the controller? Did you just leave it sitting on top of the fuse box?

[@donniepriest1061]

Does the brain come with the kit?

[@WaterFowler41]

Yup!

[@Tierone1337]

Theres an exact same switch panel with a Generic name that’s cheaper . Exactly the same made from same factory. Aux beam just puts their name on it

[@WaterFowler41]

Is is rgb?

[@xMagicBrowniex]

If someone gets stuck with F38 micro fuse, realize the tap in lead with the 5amp fuse. Has a additional slot to transfer your 10 amp fuse, I did not! my dash looked like a Christmas tree. F38 slot is for your TCM, put your 10 amp fuse right under the 5amp fuse.

[@WaterFowler41]

Yup both slots need to be filled. 9 times out of 10 if folks are having issues it’s because they missed this.

[@tsteinour]

I am having the trouble. Do you guys have a pic of how it's supposed to be hooked up

[@jossuejjp]

How did you solve the problem, I got two messages, one from traction control and stop/star service, I changed to the fuse f35 but the messages continue appearing help me please