Powering Cold Cathodes

CElliott · Post by **CElliott** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:07 am

When i buy my FTO one of the first mods i do to it will be putting cold cathodes in the footwells. I have found these ones which are sound activated and have a switch. obviously it needs to be hooked up to the battery, but i am wondering which is the best wire to splice it off. I would prefer something that is getting power while the car is on so i can chose when to have them on. (not just when the doors are open for example).

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Post by **vipfto** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:25 am

any accessory wire just get out volt meter and start testing eg: the one coming from stereo acc or back of cig lighter is good start

Post by **I8A4RE** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:10 pm

vipfto wrote:any accessory wire just get out volt meter and start testing eg: the one coming from stereo acc or back of cig lighter is good start

+1 or just hook it up to the light of the cigarette lighter so it only comes on when you have your lights on. You only see it at night time anyway

CElliott · Post by **CElliott** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:14 pm

ah ok thanks, i was thinking about hooking it up to something gets power when the lights are on. thanks guys.

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:04 pm

I8A4RE wrote:
vipfto wrote:any accessory wire just get out volt meter and start testing eg: the one coming from stereo acc or back of cig lighter is good start
+1 or just hook it up to the light of the cigarette lighter so it only comes on when you have your lights on. You only see it at night time anyway

Do you mean when the rear mirror lights are on? the setup i want is, i would wire the cathodes, 2 in the passenger side and foot well and 2 in the driver's, then when i turn on the passenger rear mirror light, their cathodes turn on with it, same as the passenger's, but im guessing with this setup, the cathodes have to be wired with the rear mirror lights..

Baby_Girl · Post by **Baby_Girl** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:04 pm

i have my hooked upto a switch when my car gets home i can let u no what we used...

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:18 am

Gholdwayne wrote:
I8A4RE wrote:
vipfto wrote:any accessory wire just get out volt meter and start testing eg: the one coming from stereo acc or back of cig lighter is good start
+1 or just hook it up to the light of the cigarette lighter so it only comes on when you have your lights on. You only see it at night time anyway
Do you mean when the rear mirror lights are on? the setup i want is, i would wire the cathodes, 2 in the passenger side and foot well and 2 in the driver's, then when i turn on the passenger rear mirror light, their cathodes turn on with it, same as the passenger's, but im guessing with this setup, the cathodes have to be wired with the rear mirror lights..

No mate when your headlights are on.

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:21 pm

has anyone done a setup where the cathodes or neons are wired with the rearview mirror lights ? so the cathodes turn on with the corresponding left or right rearview mirror light

Post by **I8A4RE** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:41 pm

Yes it has been done, and as easy as it sounds