Courtesy Lights

[evesdropping]

I remember seeing a car (don't remember which) that lit up the footwell when the door is opened.

I wanted to try and hook something up like that, so I unscrewed the switch in the door that activates the dome light, pulled it out, stripped back a piece of wire and connected a wire to power the light.

The problen is, it works, but backwards, i.e. when the door is open, the footwell light is off and when the door is closed, the footwell light is on.

The dome light functions as normal.

I guess this means it is some sort of relay.

Does anyone know where I could connect it to get power when the dome light gets power?

Or how I should set it up...

[MANWHORE]

wire it off the door sensor. the sensor grounds the circuit when the door is open. so hook your light to power, and the ground to the door sensor. it works.

[evesdropping]

wire it off the door sensor. the sensor grounds the circuit when the door is open. so hook your light to power, and the ground to the door sensor. it works.

sweet, I must've just done it wrong.

Thanks for that.