rigid industries wiring

I would like to install ditch lights on my truck. Those are the only lights I plan on installing. I used Rigid lights on my pervious truck and just wired it as the directions said to. One lead to the neg on the battery, one lead to the pos relay mounted on the firewall and switch to the inside. I had no issues with that and it seemed to work fine other than the occasional terminal corrosion that I had to clean. My question is should I wire them directly to the fuse box? what is the benefit of doing it that way?

Thanks,
Mike

 

The only way to wire them is like the directions say. If you ditch the relay and wire them direct they won't get the power they need and/or you will be blowing fuses.

Direct to the battery with a relay is the only way to go!

 

I know I need to keep the relay but should i connect the positive and negative to the fuse box instead of direct to the battery?

 

Nope.

 

I was told by a friend to connect it to the ground to avoid corrosion on the negative. Was going to try it.