i have a 15 amp fuse tap and 10 amp fuses why cant i just plug and play with an empty existing fuse "spot" or am i missing something??

 

empty fuse spot might not do what you want it to. but yes in theory you can do that

 

whys that? and whats the "best" options

 

Go get a wiring diagram for your car and tap wires and put inline fuses.

 

which would it be best to pull off of? what line?

 

its like sex, stick it in and pray to god nothing goes wrong

 

ugh sex still scares me... thank god you cant make babies from cars... or am i about to?

 

go to autozonem, get the mini fuse adders. Basicly you take a fuse you, plug this in there and then plug both uses to it and then connect the wire off of it to your wire.

 

Yea but you normally wanna run it from the IGN fuse which is I think 30 amps and the one's you can buy are only rated for 15-20 amps????

 

correct, and so you have to run it from an existing fuse? and pull power that way? you cant create a whole new one? and get fresh unused power

 

I used a mini add a fuse in an empty fuse block for my gps, radar detector and wideband and haven't had a problem

 

ugh why am i having problems

 

not all fuses or slots have the 12v turn on your looking for. Not everything in the car is 12v and not everything is activated the same way as acc (some are constant some only turn on certain times ect)

You need to get a multi meter and test or use the ones we already know work

 

Best thing to do is go out and buy a build book for the car.

 

either that or a multimeter... either way

 

Yea that too, and don't shove the test leads into the slots, you will spread the slots open and ruin the connectors.

 

exactly. this is what i did for my dash neons. you can put 2 fuses for each, keep the fuse that was there, and then i threw on a 5A for the neons, theres 2 slots.

 

alright i think i can do this, ill get the multimeter today and learn how to use that thanks sooo much for the help all, hope i can figure it out and learn something new def learn how to use a new tool

 

Yes please please read the directions, they have internal fuses but read voltage on Ohms you can still blow on up. And if you check the empty slots get a small piece of wire and stick in there to check it.

 

u dont want to use ohms. Volts DC or VDC. ground one prong (try a non painted piece of metal, igntion key, or the easiest and most reliable.... outside of the cig plug) second prong needs to touch the metal part of the fuse or just slightly touch the metal if your testing one without a fuse. dont shove it in like viper said