?? Can anyone help me with my neons ?? - Saxperience

winkie_1 · 6th May 2009, 15:56

I've got 2 12" blue neons and i want to wire them in in my footwells but i dont want to play around with the electrics!

If you've put neons in your car please let me know how you did it and where the hell i can wire them to!!
Thank you!

de51_Hodgey · 6th May 2009, 16:11

wire them 2 a switch mate

Docsamty · 6th May 2009, 16:18

I take it they run off of 12v ? If so, then you could run direct off of the battery, or the power source in the fuse box.

There is a grommet in the firewall in the passenger footwell, that you can poke the positive lead through to get to the battery. This then goes to a switch. Then to the first neon. Then the second one. Then you need to attach the earth cable somewhere on the chassis (Must be on bare metal.). Dont know if you would equire any inline fuses or anthing though. Dont think you would TBH.

J222JRA · 6th May 2009, 16:51

a fuse is a must mate, because if anythings wrong with the neons or wiring the fuse will pop and stop bad things from happening

miss-sexy-saxo · 6th May 2009, 20:28

ive got neons on ma window washer jets and i got them wired up by the citroen garage i had ma mot and service at all they did was connect them 2 the side lights with i think they were called scotch locks?? they sed theyd charge me a couple of quid 4 it but they didnt charge me

LDeere683 · 6th May 2009, 21:29

the cable prob isnt long enough to run straight from the battery, i think you can put it into the back of the cigarette lighter

sam-6 · 6th May 2009, 21:43

i got footwell neaons and i joined the wires onto the sigartte lighter and mine work fine.

Llardy · 6th May 2009, 22:19

my brother wired his up 2 his side lights, so when he switched them on his footwel neons came on

saxo_girl_1985 · 7th May 2009, 00:21

its better to wire it into, side lights ect so you can control when they work,

i was going to wire mine to cigerette lighter, but mine was a permanent live, so they would constantly be on.

so i got a transformer box, installed in by the back seats. so a direct live goes from battery to transformer, but also installed a switch, in the spare panels where the hazard lights are. so can be controlled

the box can take 4 items to be powered, so i have 2 sets of foot wells, and a long neon tube in my boot.

also it has a fuse, so if anything went wrong, the fuse would blow, rather than blowing up something else. lol

the boxes are on things like, a full neon kit, ect.
probly sell them on ebay and that. but once installed, u dont have to think about the next thing that needs wiring! just wire it in the box

saxo_girl_1985 · 7th May 2009, 00:28

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Originally Posted by saxo_girl_1985

its better to wire it into, side lights ect so you can control when they work,

i was going to wire mine to cigerette lighter, but mine was a permanent live, so they would constantly be on.

so i got a transformer box, installed in by the back seats. so a direct live goes from battery to transformer, but also installed a switch, in the spare panels where the hazard lights are. so can be controlled

the box can take 4 items to be powered, so i have 2 sets of foot wells, and a long neon tube in my boot.

also it has a fuse, so if anything went wrong, the fuse would blow, rather than blowing up something else. lol

the boxes are on things like, a full neon kit, ect.
probly sell them on ebay and that. but once installed, u dont have to think about the next thing that needs wiring! just wire it in the box

its not called a transformer box, ME being blonde!!

ill take some pics tomoz, and post........

saxokid100 · 7th May 2009, 02:03

Best place for neons is in the bin!! waste of time and money.....

vts_nico · 7th May 2009, 03:00

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Originally Posted by saxokid100

Best place for neons is in the bin!! waste of time and money.....

your opinion, not his!

mine are connected directly to the battery, with a switch to turn them on and off. easiest thing to do imo.
any 12v feed will do for the + signal, just connect the ground wire to a piece of bodywork and you'll be fine.

Michael1985 · 7th May 2009, 13:21

Ive been wanting to do this but not sure how to wire them in. I removed the cigarette lighter from behind had a look at the connector but cant see how I can wire the LED/neons to it. Not the greatest at electrics so didn't wanna risk it as I dont know what im doing.

winkie_1 · 10th May 2009, 22:41

I had the same trouble as you mate...i looked at the back of my ciggarete lighter and there was 2 wires but i didnt have a clue so i just left it....can anyone help!!??!

Tufty · 10th May 2009, 23:04

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Originally Posted by miss-sexy-saxo

ive got neons on ma window washer jets and i got them wired up by the citroen garage i had ma mot and service at all they did was connect them 2 the side lights with i think they were called scotch locks?? they sed theyd charge me a couple of quid 4 it but they didnt charge me

I F****** hate scotch locks!
So annoying to so them back up once undone! Grrrr

Sparco_Tom · 10th May 2009, 23:35

i can help you mate, bin them

saxo-clubber · 10th May 2009, 23:57

Wire Them To The Back Of The Cigg Lighter And Add A Switch So It Can Bee Controlled....

vts_nico · 11th May 2009, 13:31

it's easy enough. you got 2 wires on your neons and two on the cigarette lighter. to see which one is the plus, just try. hold the wires against the connectors. if the neons start working, you got them connected in the right way. if they don't, switch the wires and they should work. then, cut one of the wires and put a switch in between to switch the neons on and off.

Michael1985 · 12th May 2009, 10:05

I done mine without a switch and by total accident... I just wanted to wire them to the cigarette lighter. Mine had 3 wires running into it, green/yellow, thick blue and thin blue. None on them seemed to work and left it on the thin blue and when I switched my sidelights on last night was shocked to see they were working.

liam-o · 12th May 2009, 10:37

i wired mine to my side lights, really easy

1. locate the grommet that feeds the cables to the door

2. push the wires through, all the way down the wing and through the hole buy th slam pannel

3 take the side light connector out, i used clips that cut the wires for you to attach, wrap in electrical tape in case water gets in

4. put an inline fuse in (5a usually as your sides are fused at 10a) buy them from halfors, £2-3 a go, come with a 5a fuse in.

turn your side lights on and done

this means you cant leave them on because ull get the warning as you would with your heads and sides anyway and you can switch them.

if you want more details or pics pm me