Interior/Cargo Lamp/Puddle Light Wire Location in Engine Bay

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Hi Guys,

First time posting on a forum here, so my apologies for any mistakes.

2013 SCREW

Would like your guys' help with wiring up some ditch lights. I bought some lights on Amazon for some cheap ditch lights that have an amber DRL function. I wired up the main white light to upfitter switch #4, easy peasy. Was wondering if I could wire the amber function of this light into the interior/puddle light circuit and tap power in from there. That way, they'd only light up amber when I unlock the truck or open the door, etc.
I can see that circuit is wired into the fuse box in the passenger kick area inside the cab. The question is, is there a wire in the engine bay that is part of this circuit that I could steal power from? (to avoid tapping into that fuse and running a wire through the firewall and into the engine bay)

I've searched the forums and can't seem to find a straight answer on this; however, I did come across some people saying that having too much of a draw on this circuit might cause an error code on the BCM. Do you guys think this could be the case if I pursued this? I don't believe the smaller amber LED on this light would draw too much at all.

Amazon light for reference:

Let me know your thoughts!

Thanks!
 
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No worries! Thanks for your input.
Was just trying to avoid them constantly on with my parking lights while driving on the street because I don't have the best luck with cops...so didn't want to attract any more attention to the truck than necessary haha.
 
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Just for future reference if anyone stumbles across this post, I ended up just running a wire through the firewall.

I T-tapped into the wire inside the passenger kick fuse box area, ran it through the main big grommet (passenger side of engine bay) and wired in from there.

I found a diagram on an F150 forum on which wire powers the dome lights and tapped into that; attached. It was a purple/grey wire.

Lights work as desired now
 

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