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Old Mar 18, 2008
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Question-Hardwiring LED's & Neon

question.... i have a neon running from the sub box in the back of the car and it was a plug into the cigarette adaptor ones... i cut the cigarette adaptor off in order to hardwire it....but i dont know how to.

i can bring the wires up to the dash easy, but i dont know what to hook each wire to? can someone provide an easy detailed explanation, when it comes to electricity im a complete noob. diagrams confuse the **** out of me. i just want the neon to be on when the car is turned on.

my car is a 2003 honda civic EX
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Re: Question-Hardwiring LED's & Neon

Dont hold me to this but i believe you could just find a constant power source and hook it up but i wouldnt know how to do it unless i was actually there to do it i am more of a hands on type
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Re: Question-Hardwiring LED's & Neon

what you want to do, is take off ur center console and use "t-taps" and splice (tap) into teh cig wires. just make sure u get the postive and negitive right.

black is negitive...the other wire (usually red or yellow) is postive


btw, you can buy Ttaps anywhere...autozone, homedepot, lows...etc
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Re: Question-Hardwiring LED's & Neon

Originally Posted by bhoward3
i have a neon running from the sub box in the back of the car and it was a plug into the cigarette adaptor ones... i cut the cigarette adaptor off in order to hardwire it.
Usually the inverter that powers the neon is inside the cigarette plug adaptor. It changes the low DC voltage of the car to hundreds/thousands of volts AC to run the neon. So most likely, you'll still need that part.

So put it back on and use a female cigarette lighter socket adaptor.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1110266394715
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