Neon wiring help please

[bigmuscles211]

hey does anyone know how to truely make my neons pulse to music withou buying anything. i tried hooking them up to my subwoofers and it fried my neons instantly as soon as i turned on the bass. thanks for the help people!

-coryy

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[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

LOL.. hook a voltmeter up to your amps when they get power.. lol.. thats why they are frying.. probly sending 50V to them

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

as i mentioned in your other thread, there is a small control box that you can buy to make that happen. its not hard.

 

[chetomatic 10+ year member]

What I did was wrap the tips of the speaker wires that go directly into the subwoofer box terminals with the tips of the neon light wires, and then inserted them into their respective + and - terminals on the box. Make sure you're using the + to + ends and - to - ends obviously. Doing it this way creates a circuit that passes 12V from your amp into your sub and also into your neons. And when the bass hits harder (more power to the subs), the neons flash harder (more power to the lights).

If they got fried using the method I just described, you might need to get stronger lights. Especially if they are going to be handling various amounts of power repeatedly.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

What I did was wrap the tips of the speaker wires that go directly into the subwoofer box terminals with the tips of the neon light wires, and then inserted them into their respective + and - terminals on the box. Make sure you're using the + to + ends and - to - ends obviously. Doing it this way creates a circuit that passes 12V from your amp into your sub and also into your neons. And when the bass hits harder (more power to the subs), the neons flash harder (more power to the lights).
If they got fried using the method I just described, you might need to get stronger lights. Especially if they are going to be handling various amounts of power repeatedly.

i hope you realize that amps dont put out 12volts, depending on the power of the amp and the ohm load, youll bee seeing 20-50v from the amp.

 

[chetomatic 10+ year member]

That's not what I meant, nor do I claim to be an electrical expert. I just mean the 12V current, not the actual power load that gets put out. Either way it's an irrelevant detail, the method I described is how my car is wired and works perfectly. @bigmuscles, if you need more info I can try and be more specific.

 

[rumdada 10+ year member]

Use the remote wire, i know with some dual subs that had this feature and i hooked them up right from the subwoofer and they worked fine but you might have cheaper lights too get some that can handle more voltage And look into the control box brah

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

That's not what I meant, nor do I claim to be an electrical expert. I just mean the 12V current, not the actual power load that gets put out. Either way it's an irrelevant detail, the method I described is how my car is wired and works perfectly. @bigmuscles, if you need more info I can try and be more specific.

no its not irrelevant, your setup could be low power at a low ohm load which will send a lower voltage out of the amp (in the 20v range) which the lights can take for short bursts but will eventually cook them.

his setup could easily be the same or slightly more power at a higher ohm load which will cause the amp to put out a higher voltage (could easily 50v with a 4 ohm load) which will fry set after set of lights if you keep hooking them up that way.

 

[chetomatic 10+ year member]

Just trying to help. Works for my system and a few others I've seen.

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Do it right or don't do it at all. Even if done right I still say no neons period..

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

Do it right or don't do it at all. Even if done right I still say no neons period..

agreed

 

[bigmuscles211]

what is a voltmeter?

 

[nateberrier 10+ year member]

what is a voltmeter?

Oh jesus.

you do not need to be hooking up stereos or neons or anything.

take some time and read up before you touch another wire.

bcae1.com is a good place to start.

furthermore you could just as easily google "voltmeter" and find a response much faster than it would take someone here to give you a smart *** response

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

what is a voltmeter?

Let me google that for you

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

bro... please dont let this come off the wrong way. but, if you dont know what a voltmeter is, i think you seriously need to do ALOT more research on just electronics (principals, design, etc...) before you even try to do any more work on a car. it is so easy to fry EVERYTHING if you dont know what your doing... not trying to be an @ss... just saying... RESEARCH!