wiring neons...

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

okay i bought a switch at walmart today and i was wonderin how i install the switch and wires and all that..

i know theres three prongs on the back ground,power,acc

which wires go to which im installin four neons soon

any advice or help would be awesome

Thanks

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[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Let's see here

Ground- Just a ground to bare metal that is grounded to the chassis

power - 12v constant from where ever you get your power

acc- to the pos wire on the lights

Then you can ground the wires for the lights themselves. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

Ground- Just a ground to bare metal that is grounded to the chassis

power - 12v constant from where ever you get your power

so just get some wire for those..?? not with the neons.. if i get my power from my battery do i have to run a wire to my battery?

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Yes, you'll need some wire (16 or 18 gage is ok for neons). You should also get some crimp terminals that fit the prongs on the switch, and a ring terminal for attaching the ground wire under a screw somewhere.

A common spot to get power is to tap into the cig lighter power wire, if your car has one. Or find a spot in your car's fuse panel that's hot with the ignition key is on or in accessory. Please put an inline fuse holder and a 1 amp fuse in the power wire for protection. Neons don't take much current and those small wires should be on a fuse.

Your local Radio Shack should be able to hook you up with the stuff you need.

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

thank u for ur input //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif so can i tap in the wire on the cig litter for the power part?

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Yes. Cig lighter power is on all the time (not switched with your ignition). Again, put a fuse in the wire in case it shorts out.

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

I ran a new wire from the battery into the car...

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

ahh do u have any pics of ur neons setup?

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

Let's see here
Ground- Just a ground to bare metal that is grounded to the chassis

power - 12v constant from where ever you get your power

acc- to the pos wire on the lights

Then you can ground the wires for the lights themselves. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[Saint211 10+ year member]

It would be a lot easier to figure out the right size fuse, run power off the batt to a distro, and run the neons off it.

Its cleaner than having a bunch of splices, and a lot more flexible...

1)You could put one switch before the distro, so on.. turns all of them on at once.

2)You could put a switch on each wire and make a control panel, one light for one switch.

3) Both of these, a main on off, and a switch on each neon, that way you can leave them powered off or on, and have light to light control. This would also be nice to save a battery... Say you have a switch, and your getting out of your car and accidentally throw the switch... this would prevent that.

When I put my fan in I ran it straight off the battery with 10 guage, blade style fuse, because I had it and the connections. Its grounded with the amp. There have been 0 problems with my installation so far.

If you were wiring a bunch of neons you need to run a ground from each one to the chassis, you might even look into a ground block.

 

[Jordantyler 10+ year member]

thanks for all of ya'lls help i apperciate it!

 

[93 saturn sl2 10+ year member]

ahh do u have any pics of ur neons setup?

Follow the link in my sig.