An Overview on How to Install Neon & LED Interior Car Lights

So you've got your LED or Neon interior carconnected directly to the Positive side of the car
lights, but you're now a bit confusedbattery, or...2) It can be connected to any 12V
as to where all the car interior neon lights andpower wire from under the dashboard.If you
wires go?" Well fear not, we'llchoose to tap into a power wire from behind the
show all the "in's & out's" of this type ofdash to power your interior car lights you'll also
installation and the easiest way ofneed to
doing it.It's a good idea to disconnect the batterybuy a "Circuit Tester" from your nearest custom
before installing any car lightcar accessory store - they only
accessories. You can do this by disconnecting thecost about $10 dollars. To use this tester is
negative battery cable andsimple, it looks like a pen with an
placing it to one side of the battery where itearth wire hanging out the top of it and a clamp
won't touch any part of the vehiclesattached to the end of the
body. It's also wise to have your vehicles servicewire, and it has a globe inside the middle of the
manual handy for informationpen, or on its end, which lights
about the specifics of the electrical system onup when you have found power somewhere.To
your vehicle.For interior car lights, the best placescomplete the interior car lighting circuit - you'll now
to mount the LED or neon tubes are underjust need to
the dash on both sides just above where yourattach the earth wire coming out from the from
feet go, but high enough so as notyour led or neon tubes to the
to kick the tubes or damage them. There arechassis of the vehicle. You can do this in the
also many other places you can fitsame way as described above for
them and their location is only limited by yourthe earth wire on the tester - anywhere where
imagination.To operate the lights manually, yourthere is bare steel under the
going to need a switch located near you,dash is always a good earth connection for your
so you'll need to buy a simple "2way toggle"interior car lights, even if you
switch (or use the switch thatfind a screw under the dash that is screwed into
may have came with your neon/led tube kit)bare steel and it is holding
from your nearest custom caranother wire in place as an earth, you can use
accessories store. This switch will be inserted intothis too as an earth location.
(in-line with) the mainThe control panel earth wire will need to be
power wire that supplies the kit with 12Voltsecurely screwed to the chassis of the vehicle
power.Choose if you want your interior car lightsor to any "Earth wire" to complete the power
to turn on automatically when thecircuit.After your "power" & "earth" connections
headlights are turned on, or if you want toare complete, your car interior neon
control the lights separately with alights should now work. If they appear dull and
"toggle" switch.If you want the neon or LEDnot real bright, then be sure to
tubes to light up automatically when the headlightscheck that you have made GOOD earth and
POWER connections.
are turned on, then you will need to find a wireThat's it, you're all done - now all you have to do
under the dash near theis put any plastic panels back
steering column. This wire you are looking for isinto place that you may have removed, pack
normally Red or Yellow, and it'syour tools up, and then head off to
supplying the "headlight control switch" with 12Vshow your friends what a great look you've just
power - you're going to havecreated on your car - Enjoy!Please see our
to "tap" into this wire to light-up your neon lights"More-In-depth" and step-by-step picture illustrated
when the headlights areinstructions on the How to install page listed
turned on.If you want to be able to control thebelow.Antonio Gabellone is the Owner/Author of -
interior car lights separately from theThe Site is a great resource aimed at Neon Car
headlights, (best option) then there's two waysLights from PlasmaGlow with "life-time
you can do this...1) The power wire can beWarranties".