neon lights

[stillen_69]

i have one red neon light under my dash that i bought from walmart that plugs into the cig lighter..anyways i i got another one would splicing the wires together be a good idea for another one? or would it cause any malfunctions?

[93rollaracer]

nope...it'll work fine.

i have 5 wires spliced together in my car and it hasn't caught on fire...yet

[Vinny03]

i wud say get a switch and a fuse and run it to your car battery its a lot easier that way

[pro_am]

lol "hasn't caught on fire...yet"
Jake

[Markgase2000]

Since those lights require so little energy tag on wiring is ok.

[individuel]

i just got a blue one but mine isnt running for some reason, i got a switch with three terminals ground, acc and power, i split the neon wire in two and used the stripe one for acc and the other one for ground, this is the part i think i messed up on, i used speaker wire if thats ok and used the copper side for power and ran it to my fuse box to the switch, then for the other half, i used it for grounding but it still does not work, someone please tell me whats wrong..

[individuel]

anybody?

[Vinny03]

speaker wire is no good u wanna use the same gauge wire. go to home depot with a small pce of it i think is 16 gauge

[individuel]

oh ok

[StreetGlow10]

yep...vinneys right..thats basicly what u want to do...i got a switch and i wired 1 wire to the lights, 1 wire to ground, and the other wire i ran to my fuse box and wired it to my cigarette lighter fuse. But if thats what u plan on doing you might want to get smaller wiring then 16 gauge. My fuses are small and i barely got it to fit because the wiring was too big for the fuse but i made some adjustments and its all good now

[lowS-DIME]

to splice the other neon into the existing one i would just use a three-way but connecter on the power wire from the new on to the power wire if the old one... then just ground the other side to whatever... i would also get rid of that cigarette lighter thing and plug it into the battery..

[StreetGlow10]

yeah but if you use the fuse it doesnt run your battery down...well i guess it depends how often you have them on...From sundown to sun up i have my neons on so i would run the battery down so i have it to the fuse instead.

[NeonAtron]

just go to pep boys, auto zone, or any other car place and get the 2 slot adapter (not sure on the name) but then you can just plug that into the cig lighter and then youll have 2 slots. i believe it will def short if you try to twist them together.

[Markgase2000]

I went to walmart and looked at the neon underdash lights , do not splice wires or youll pop fuses left right and center they are specifically set for one light.

[Markgase2000]

Originally Posted by StreetGlow10

yeah but if you use the fuse it doesnt run your battery down...well i guess it depends how often you have them on...From sundown to sun up i have my neons on so i would run the battery down so i have it to the fuse instead.

Wow neons suck that much juice out of the battery? That doesnt seem right cus the alternator shouldnt have a problem with such a small power source bein added to it. Do what I did , test your charging system with all your electrical stuff on and see how much drain there is on the battery and see if the alternator compinsates and keeps it at a decent level of charge.