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I just hooked up a couple neon tubes in my trunk and I cut off the power outlet thingy and I took the red wire and hooked it to the power wire for my fosgate 500.1bd and took the black neg wire and ran it to my neons switch up front and all the way back to the neg on my amp, this shouldn't cause any problems should it becuase it shouldn't pull that much power?!? I was wondering how I already blew a fuse for the trunk light trying to wire it to that not enough power I guess, but I was wondering if this was a bad idea before I turn them on tonight. Thanks.

 
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It should be fine as far as the amplifier is concerned, but I would buy an inline fuse and hook it up to your neons....that power wire is capable of sending a lot of amps of current, and your neon tube only takes about 2 amps. If you send it more without a fuse, you will fry the transformer in the tube. I've done it, so I would really recomend getting a fuse. They are around $2 at your hardware store or radio shak, and then you have to go get some 2 amp fuses. (maybe another $2)

P.S. the inline fuse you are going to want to wire on the positive line of the neon.

 
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could you tell me where the fuse is for the trunk light? i cant seem to find it.....

 
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The trunk light and dome lights have the same fuse, in my car it was the top right small fuse in the fusebox. it has a 7.5 on it. If you look at the lid of your fusebox, the inside should have a diagram, and the replacement is to the middle bottom right of the cluster of fuses.....

 
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thats a bummer, my 3rd brake light /trunk light quit on me a long time ago, yet my dome light works great. very dissapointing

 
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I have tried a couple different inline fuses and the lights are barely visible, does anybody else have any sugestions?

 
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did you buy cheap neons? cheap neons arent very visible at all by nature....

 
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Yeah, in some places they are. Put them in a house, mount them high on a wall, and hook them up to an adapter, I use 2 purple ones for some bright *** mood lighting

 
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well, for proper installation of a neon, you arent supposed to see the light itself. you are only supposed to see the ambient light it gives off. otherwise, the brightness of the bulb way overpowers the real light.

kinda like a shade on a lamp. its not the bulb itself that lights the room.

*shrug* if you like "bright ***" mood lighting, sems like you got what you wanted....