Neon lights...

[chris229 10+ year member]

Originally posted by LoneRanger The neon light draws less current than a crossover (1.9 amperes as opposed to 3.6 amperes)

go read your HU's book and see how much current MAX the turn on was made to output-----about---.5A

Also, how would wiring it to the remote hurt anything?

read above

You can wire 6 amps to your remote wire, no problem, so what would it hurt to wire one or two amps and a neon light?

I've never ever seen 1 HU company tell people it is ok to wire 6 amp to their HU. You know why cause it isn't. IT all depends on how much current they draw. some amps can draw a tinny amount or an amp can draw so much that it uses all of the current out of the turn on which is about .5A

When you talk about turn on and constant power circuts, ohm loads aren't an issue. It's like comparing apples to oranges. If you're really that worried about burning up your remote, put a fuse on that *****.... Trust me, it won't hurt a thing.

I wouldn't trust anyone who tell me that ohm loads aren't an issue in constant power circuits. [dc i guess you mean]

PS: I don't have neons in my car, but i have my remote wired to a distrobution system to turn on both my amps, my crossover, and my eq. That's way more amperes drawn than simply a neon light and an amplifier.....why hasn't my remote blown yet?

voodoo????

 

[bumpin_blazer 5,000+ posts]

chris please explain to me then why mine hasn't blown if you know everything?? i have a neon tube and i'm putting in a neon light wire tomorrow or monday. i've ran that single blue neon tube for around oh i don't know 10 months now and nothing has happened, my friend has ran his for over 2 years nothing happened with his so tell me why i haven't blown my amp or my 2 other friends since you know it all.

adam

 

[chris229 10+ year member]

Originally posted by bumpin_blazer chris please explain to me then why mine hasn't blown if you know everything?? i have a neon tube and i'm putting in a neon light wire tomorrow or monday. i've ran that single blue neon tube for around oh i don't know 10 months now and nothing has happened, my friend has ran his for over 2 years nothing happened with his so tell me why i haven't blown my amp or my 2 other friends since you know it all.

 

adam

I'm not going to get into it----- you can ask anyone on this board who knows what there talking about ----or go to other boards----

 

[crxking 10+ year member]

ok i have a quick question can u run it by me agian to tell me how to hook them up to my amp ?

 

[chris229 10+ year member]

Originally posted by crxking ok i have a quick question can u run it by me agian to tell me how to hook them up to my amp ?

don't hook neons up to your amp---------the volage comming out exceeds 12v by a very good range----some amp put out 100v at the speaker terminal

 

[kicker 10+ year member]

don't hook neons up to your amp---------the volage comming out exceeds 12v by a very good range----some amp put out 100v at the speaker terminal

why not put them on your amp?

you dont hook the neons to the speaker terminals

you put them on the ground and the remote wire

but ya on the remote wire you might draw to mutch curent

and why not just hook them up somewere in the fuse box

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