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Whats the best way to wire my wires to my battery?

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SuBXeRo

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Post Fri Oct 31, 2003 10:04 pm

hey i just got my glows and im wondering what the best way to hook up the wires to the battery. im alittle car dumb this is the first time im doing this so pics of what u did would help and would be greatly appreciated
Brandon

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Post Sat Nov 01, 2003 12:46 pm

how many neons do you have?

Get a lil piece of 10 awg red wire, attach it to the battery, fuse it about 10" fromt he battery w/ a 25 amp fuse run it through your firewall, and take it to all of your neons.
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Post Sun Nov 02, 2003 10:21 pm

if they're just little neons (not underbody) then tap into your cigarette lighter wires, theyre marked red and black. tap into the red and stick a switch between the wire and the neon, then run the negative on the neon to the black wire on the cigarette lighter.
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Post Mon Nov 03, 2003 1:26 pm

no they are underglows.
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Post Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:20 pm

you can run a wire from the battery to the inside of your car, put a switch on that wire, then send it back outside the car to your transformer. send the negative on the transformer to any point on the metal frame of the car
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Post Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:05 pm

o ok thanx. also what place do you guys find best to put the transformer. Now when u go put wires into the car drill trhough the firewall? im ry i feel real dumb asking this, but i am extremely car dumb. im not good at knowing whats good for the car and what isnt you know. id be more adventurous with this, but this i sumthing that can lead to sumthing horrible if sumthing isnt done right you know?
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Post Tue Nov 04, 2003 12:23 pm

depending on the car, there should be some holes already drilled in your firewall (ie, for hood release cable, clutch cable, and others). Just pull the little grommet/plug out of the hole and run your wire through, then replace the grommet.

If you are in the unfortunate situation where there are no holes, you need to drill a hole in your firewall, just lookout for any trouble spots and don't hit any wires or anything. Then just use a grommet or plug (available from hardware store) to protect the wire from the sharp metal edges
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Post Tue Nov 04, 2003 2:02 pm

o ok thanx, see im th kinda person that would drill a hole sumwhere and then it would be the wrong place and have trouble. im plannig on running my wires for my switch to my center console like theres alittle place there that has my seat hetater switches and theres a sweet spot right in the middle so im gonna try and follow those wires. one other thing u should see the bottom of my car. its **** armored to hell and back it has ahuge covber over it so non of the parts are damaged
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Post Mon Nov 10, 2003 12:53 pm

Don't use a 25 amp fuse for a couple of lights. Use the rule of thumb for neons. .5 amps for neon.
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