Ok I got a fuse tap to install some lights. I picked the fuse that controls my interior lights so if my door opens/car is unlocked they will come on. But before I installed everything I wanted to make sure I was getting power; so I used a 12vlt light tester thing (not for sure on the name) i grounded to the door then the + wire and put at the end of the tap.. the light didnt come on. But when ever I touched the fuse directly the light came on so idk understand why the current isn't running to the end of the tap...and ideas? bad fuse tap?

this is what i got: Buy Bussmann ATM Fuse Tap - 10 Amps BP/HHH at Advance Auto Parts

thanks

 

did u add the second fuse?

 

^this

 

its needs more than the one...? let me go check

 

one is for the fuse spot itself, and the other is for the acc your going to run off the tap

 

yeah I thought it just needed the one I just put 2 red ones it with 10 on the top.. works fine now

one more question.. I have lights that are connect through my cigarette lighter and I plug those in manually each time when I want them on. If I run power from my fuse tap to the adapter and ground to a car body bolt will my lights come on when the door is opened or unlocked? and then plug them in to my cigarette lighter when I want them to be constantly on?

 

no. well maybe but doing it as simple as that is a horrible idea

you would want to wire a diode inline with each power source so neither feeds into the other. or just wire a switch and one side is on the other side is the door