K@R£N
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bought some neons off ebay to go in the footwells of my car and when they come they wasn't what i expected. I assumed they would be able to click into cigarette lighter but they just come with wires.
can any1 help???
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dave..GSi
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wire them to the stearo?? or somewhere near
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K@R£N
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Originally posted by dave..GSi
wire them to the stearo?? or somewhere near
how tho lol
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dave..GSi
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look in the ice and electric section hope that helps
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Basscrazy
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mine were to cig lighter with a switch as in all wired from behing not the plug in cig bit
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K@R£N
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Originally posted by Basscrazy
mine were to cig lighter with a switch as in all wired from behing not the plug in cig bit
dont really get that post, the lights i have got have no adapter at all for cig lighter, but they do have a switch???!!!???
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Rich H
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Pop the ciggy lightter unit out of the dash and wire it into the 2 wires that are connected to the ciggy lighter 
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K@R£N
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Pop the ciggy lightter unit out of the dash and wire it into the 2 wires that are connected to the ciggy lighter
i thought of doin that but was scared of bustin it or sumat, if ppl reckon i could do this i will, is it ok to???
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Rich H
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Yeh u can do it. If necessary unscrew the central console - best to push it out from behind if poss rather than yank it
Only thing will be that the neons will be on all the time the ignitions on. If u want to be able to turn them on and off, u will need to wire in a switch
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K@R£N
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Originally posted by Rich H
Yeh u can do it. If necessary unscrew the central console - best to push it out from behind if poss rather than yank it
Only thing will be that the neons will be on all the time the ignitions on. If u want to be able to turn them on and off, u will need to wire in a switch
the lights comw with switch so does this mean it'll work??
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Rich H
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Oh right, yeh shud do then
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Sidesport
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Just wire them into your interior light, so when you open the doors they come on!
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antmashed
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just wire them straigt to the battery there should be a positive(red) and negative(black)and the switch shold turn them on and off !!
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mav
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wire them into light switch
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nyzrox
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i had some for my pc, tried them but didnt work, you dont need to use the inverters do you?
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AaronHorn
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The fact that you are asking a question like this suggests maybe you should get a mate or something to help, at least you'll know how to do it in future.
Personally I'd wire them from the fuse box, that is run a wire to an empty fuse spot, put a 3amp fuse in it and hide the switch somewhere. Where ever you pick your 12v up from, (it could be from the wiring behind the cig lighter) it is a good idea to fuse them with some kind of inline fuse to prevent shorts etc causing damage. This is especially true if your take 12v from the battery directly as otherwise you expose your wiring to huge amounts of current which could cause a fire in a short.
As for PC ones, they usually just plug into the 12v line on your pc but they may or may not need an external invertor. Also remeber they will need to be wired the correct way round.
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