neons

[vsixcamry]

The neons i purchased plug into a lighter plug...how would i got about running those straight to the battery so as not to have a gay hook up at one lighter plug.

yes sorry i searched and found nothing..

[prnc_chrmng]

what i did with mine is splice it into the lighter plug from the backside so i pretty much had to take the the stero to run the wires and everything, you just gotta see which wire is the power and splice it into the lighter power and ground it where ever a good ground is

[nort0188]

I know mine don't work if I simply splice into a power and ground wire... theres something in my cig. plug that it needs to function... Hope yours aren't the same way.

[prnc_chrmng]

yeah thats why you splice it into the cig. power line, i found that out too

[vsixcamry]

where do i cut the wires...would i cut them behind the cig. and how would i make a new cig. socket..or would it be possible to cut the neons cable and wire it straight to the wires behind the cig lighter.

[MyNutzOnYurChin]

man youre confused as fock.

what you would do is chop off the neon tube's cigarette lighter plug connector (plugs into car console) off. Then you would be left with two wires.

One shoudl be red and the other black. HOwever, some neons come nowadays with clear cables. If that is the case, the cable that has a white stripe running through it is the + positive.

The + positive should be connected to a positive power source. There is countless places to find 12V power in your car, but the most easily accessible is the one on the cig lighter plug.

If you chose to go the cig lighter way, you will have to splice into the cig lightr wires and hook up your neon tube wire to those wires permanently.

Make sure you run an in-line fuse in case the neon blows to avoid shortage. If you wnat to go through the firewall and hook up to the battery or fuse box, that is a totally diferent animal. If you have any quesitons PM me.

BTW, which neon tube did you get.

[Erbe]

im also doing this...now...what do you have to buy in order not to blow the neons out in case of a short????

[lilsmurf]

all you need is a in line fuse like the ones on power wires for car amps.

[MyNutzOnYurChin]

One of these in-line on the positive wire.

https://secure5.nexternal.com/shared...&ProductID=662

[cheeba]

the cigarette lighter is already fused. why do you need another one?

[Erbe]

the in-line fuse...what amp rating should it be...and does it specifically have to be a "in-line" fuse, cus i found "fuses" on sounddomain for like 3 bucks for a four pack