How are you going to turn it on and off? In your scenario are you going to have the strip lighted when the engine is on but the hood closed? Not sure if you want to do that. You only want the light to come on when the hood is raised, no? You can run an in-line switch between the strip and the fuse to power. Then you'd have to turn it on and off when opening the hood. That way it would only come on when switched on, say at night. Or you can install a spring loaded button switch near one of the hood rests so it turns on and off when you raise & lower the hood. I did the latter but it took a little more time and engineering. And it comes on when the hood is raised, even in the daytime. Also, LED strips are not necessarily heat resistant and can 'wear out' over time. Mine started outputting less light and some of the LED's quit working. I swapped mine out after about 5 years with a new strip no problem. Or you can use a high output bulb in the same manner.
