ok so everybody knows the only lights on the ss's are the ones on the rear view mirror so i figured id go out and buy some neons so that i could have some lighting neway so i buy the neons and a switch to turn them on and off and im trying to use the cigarette lighter power wire to power them...so i run wire from the cigarette lighter to the switch and then from the switch to the neons wires (i cut off the 12 volt plug in on the end) and everytime i hook the battery up it blows the fuse what am i doing wrong im so lost i mean shouldnt this be fine ? please help me and a couple buddys are stumped and have been trying diffrent things for 7 hours and blew 6 fuses...help would be greatly appreciated

 

try a higher volt fuse in that spot. Also be very careful with your fuel pump fuse. I messed it up and It costed me 100 dollars to figure it out!

 

Are you absolutly sure that you cut the right wires?

Are you wires correctly installed?

Do not try higher amp fuse. Doing that only means once you get it to not blow, it will burn your wires and cause a fire

 

im sure i cut the right wires i just dont understand this thing and is it safe to put a higher ampage fuse in that spot?

haha o sorry i guess you already answered that haha didnt see that but what do i do i just dont understand it does anyone else on here have neone run threw the cigarette lighter?

 

if you don't have the stuff mounted yet then get a 12v battery and use one of the inline fuses and test the stuff on a bench outside the car, to see if they all light up. If you blow the fuse out then maybe you have a bad neon. That is the only thing I can think of. How many neons are you trying to wire up? What is the amperage on the cig fuse. I am a newbie and haven't checked that out yet.

 

Depends on what size the fuse is now as to whether or not you can safely upsize it.
If the fuse is blowing instanly, even with the neons switched off you must have a short to ground.

 

im only trying to power one neon right now its only a ten inch one and its a 20a fuse before i can even plug a new fuse in all the way it sparks and blowsall the wires are connected correctly i dont know what to do

 

ALSO don't forget that most NEONs work on AC current and use a transformer to switch the cars DC to AC. You say you cut off the plug to hard wire it, did that plug have anything inside it like a resister or anythiing?

 

o and the neons arent off when i put the new fuse in would it make a diffrence if i disconnected the battery put the fuse in and then reconnected it?

it might have had a resister in is damn what do i do can i buy something to do what the plug in that i cut off did?

 

There is a short in your circuit since it blows instantly like that!
Try to find the source. Start disconecting things backwards (or turn them off). When the fuse holds you have found the problem.

 

still lost

 

just re connect your cigerette lighter and tap into the fuse box, i prefure one thats turns on with the acc switch..that way i can never leave them on overnight and kill my battery

 

hahaha had the switch grounded im an idiot thanks for all the help guys

 

dont put the neons on, problems go bye bye

 

^^^ haha !