
How To Install Neon Lights
By Jose A. Padilla (August 5, 2002)
This Article Describes How To Install Neon Lights From
Street Glow In Your Car Or Truck.
Tools needed:
- Wire cutters
- Wire strippers
- Electrical tape
- Toggle switch
- Extra wire (should have come with your neon)
- Fuse (your decision on amp)
- Male and female connectors
Click the thumbnail photo to the right for a quick layout of how things will
be done.
First, locate the places where you want the lights. Do a rough guess on how much wire you will need and make sure that you have enough. You will need to run a power wire to the battery and a ground. The power wire has to be long enough to go from the battery, into the cab, to the location of the switch and from the switch to the relay box.
You Should Have A Hole Where The Wires Enter The Vehicle From The Enging Compartment. Now Locate The Plug In Your Firewall. Run The Power Wire Through The Firewall And Into The Engine Compartment.
Attach The Fuse To The Power Wire (The Part Of The Wire That Is Inside The Engine Compartment) You Can Purchase A Single Fuse Box From AutoZone For The Fuse.
Then connect the power wire to the battery. You can ground it inside the cab or out, it's your decision. Locate a ground and attach the ground wire
Now back inside the cab decide where you want the switch and how much wire
you will need. Cut the power wire to the length that you need and attach it to the switch using a female connector.
Cut Of The Cigarette Lighter Adapter On Your Neon Lights.
Connect the power wire from the relay box to the other male connector on the switch using another female connector. Then connect the ground wire from the relay box to the one you ran earlier. You can use electrical tape, solder, or
anything else you prefer.
Find a good spot to place the relay box. With in reach of both neon light wires. Then connect the neon to the relay box.
Flip the switch and you should have light!
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