Total newbie at car installation

If I were to order a set of cathodes or something else you guys would recommend, how would I install it on the inside of my car? I want to just put them under the glove box and under the steering wheel so they just shine where my feet rests... I see a lot of you have em installed, but I have no clue how I'd install it in my V-dub Rabbit...

http://www.oznium.com/forum/how-to-diagrams

you might want to buy two sets cuz its hard to run each cathode using just one transformer to both sides, i did it but got lucky it reached. other then that the diagram should help you,

take positive to an add-a-line in fuse holder from fuse box or something similar then the ground to a ground

then either some zip ties or some 3m sticky

You'll also have to run the power line from the battery to the interior and that means going through the firewall -- look for a rubber grommet that you can poke through/cut through...Usually around the drivers side near the steering column is easiest to work with.

or if u have a fuse box inside ur car

im not sure if the oznium ones are like the computer ones i have but if they are you can just buy another transformer and just have one tube running off one transformer

02cougarman wrote:

im not sure if the oznium ones are like the computer ones i have but if they are you can just buy another transformer and just have one tube running off one transformer

you can

that would give you all the wiring room you would need

That's why I like the flexi strips. Less power consumption, longer wires, easy to work with, and IMO nicer color.

Mad_Eyes wrote:

That's why I like the flexi strips. Less power consumption, longer wires, easy to work with, and IMO nicer color.

X2 I recommend the flex strips as well as they are easier to mount under the dash....Just pickup a lot of zip ties and use those to mount them under your dash and passenger footwell....peak your head up there the next chance you get and you will see wires etc for mounting locations...just zip tie them to the existing wires/bolts etc

For power just get a toggle switch, lights or not your choice, and then either get a T tap to splice into a 12V source (ie cig adapter) or get an add a circuit and just tap into your fuse box (no splicing, just push in the fuse into the fuse holder, a 2 year old can do it ) and for mounting the switch you can either find a place stock to mount it, or get a drill and drill a hole in the dash and push the switch in...pretty straightforward..

For all of your connections with the wires get a good pair of wire strippers/crimpers...they are around $15 bucks at lowes, home depot, sears, autozone, etc....and pickup a set of assorted butt connectors to make the necessary connections. Dont forget to use electrical tape to wrap all connections so you dont have any issues

02BlueStang wrote:

Mad_Eyes wrote: That's why I like the flexi strips. Less power consumption, longer wires, easy to work with, and IMO nicer color. X2 I recommend the flex strips as well as they are easier to mount under the dash....Just pickup a lot of zip ties and use those to mount them under your dash and passenger footwell....peak your head up there the next chance you get and you will see wires etc for mounting locations...just zip tie them to the existing wires/bolts etc For power just get a toggle switch, lights or not your choice, and then either get a T tap to splice into a 12V source (ie cig adapter) or get an add a circuit and just tap into your fuse box (no splicing, just push in the fuse into the fuse holder, a 2 year old can do it ) and for mounting the switch you can either find a place stock to mount it, or get a drill and drill a hole in the dash and push the switch in...pretty straightforward.. For all of your connections with the wires get a good pair of wire strippers/crimpers...they are around $15 bucks at lowes, home depot, sears, autozone, etc....and pickup a set of assorted butt connectors to make the necessary connections. Dont forget to use electrical tape to wrap all connections so you dont have any issues

Thanks for the backup, another thing I forgot to add. I had blue cathodes at one point and eventually replaced them with 9.5" blue flexi strips and haven't regretted it since. The color is just so much better IMO. Look at my pics and ul see how the flexi strips look.

I didn't really explain the lower power consumption of the flexi strips. Each cathode transformer draws about .7 amps of power. I was running 4 cathodes (2 transformers) with a 3 amp fuse, which drew around 1.4 amps of power. I now run 5 blue flexi LED strips, 2 blue superflux LEDs, and 2 blue LED switches. I know this is drawing no where near the power of the 2 transformers. I've had transformers burn out on me and it is not a nice smell...

Good luck, I know ul be able to do it. Ask anyone on this forum, when I first started adding lights, audio, etc. I didn't know ****. I was probably more noob than u r. Look at me now giving out advice/instructions. Half the battle is getting the balls to do it...

Cold Cathodes also don't seem to have a uniform color. My cold cathodes don't much my LED stuff. :-(

Neodudeman wrote:

Cold Cathodes also don't seem to have a uniform color. My cold cathodes don't much my LED stuff. :-(

That's clearly stated on the product page and several times on the forum lol....sorry you had to find out the hard way....