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Old Apr 15, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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Ive been looking around for ways to connect my neon lights to my interior fuse box. I originally used a add-a-circuit device, but the max rating is only 10 amps. I need a device with 15-20 amp rating. Someone help me out (i dont want to splice into any wires).
 
Old Apr 15, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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do you have them connected to a switch?..if yes, then from the switch run the power wire to a constant 12V connection on the fuse box, there are spare pins you will be able to find..to test if its a constant use a voltmeter, dont forget to put a fuse before the connection goes into the constant 12V

..here i even did a pic

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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 02:37 AM
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i was just about to post this myself for similar issue.. hope someone reads this.. I am installing a DSP for my system and want it to be clean so will have to run another power/ground for this as well as my guages.. what is the best way to make a clean setup vs the people you see running them from the battery /?? are there spare connectors on the stock fuse panel that i can tap off of? is that what you were referring to for his neons or would i have to purchase another fuse box and wire it up myself? i was thinking about running just a fused dist. block in car and then running my accesories from that.. thanks for input
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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ORIGINAL: mill$civic

do you have them connected to a switch?..if yes, then from the switch run the power wire to a constant 12V connection on the fuse box, there are spare pins you will be able to find..to test if its a constant use a voltmeter, dont forget to put a fuse before the connection goes into the constant 12V

..here i even did a pic

[IMG]local://upfiles/2140/54C51F26CC7B4B29837E411E63E89619.jpg[/IMG]
Ok maybe im just retarded, but i dont understand what a pin is. Is a pin the little colorful thing that shows the number of the amps that the fuse has? Would i just have to take this thing off and then stick the positive end of the wire into it?
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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you can buy "add-a-circuits", they plug right in the fuse box and you install your fuse into that
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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Ok i looked at the fuse box and i noticed that above it are all these clips that a wire would plug into (it looks like the internet jack clip). Where can i buy these clips, are they the add-a-circuits thing? Can i buy them at a automotive store or do i have to order them offline.
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 09:33 AM
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yes you can buy those add-a-circuits at a car shop.
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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so the add-a-circuit- wire that goes to the fuse box is supposed to be connected to the positive end of the switch, or the negative end?
 
Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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Switches aren't polarized... they're either closed or open no matter which way you have them wired.
 
Old Apr 17, 2006 | 04:00 PM
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