Ok I'll give that a shot. I was just thinking LEDs would only light up in one direction so I didn't bother trying that. I'll be newbing it for a while on this stuff. As for the mofset, I'll look into that, but since I don't need nearly the max brightness of the LEDs wouldn't tacking a resistor (I'm not sure of the rating of the one's in the lightbar) in line with it lower the amp draw below 20ma? Seems like 350ohm would do the trick at 5v. Again, total newb, so any advice you can give is useful advice.