okay so I bought some of oznium's cold cathode tubes and am having trouble getting them to come on.
I have the oznium transformer plugged up properly, then the black wire going to a metal bolt near the fuse box, and I have the red wire wrapped around a 2amp fuse and plugged into the empty "RR Fog Lights" fuse slot. I tried flipping the fuse around, turning key in all ways including starting car, and messing with headlights/aftermarket fog light switch.

I'm kinda stuck here and am somewhat new to wiring stuff.

 

did you use a voltmeter/multimeter to test and see if that fuse is getting power?

 

I think in my car, there are only 2 empty fuse spots that get power, make sure your in one thats getting what you need.

 

I tried testing it with the meter, but couldn't get any reading.
Oh well, I found a video on how to attach it directly to the battery.

http://www.oznium.com/forum/topic14167

Going to the auto shop now.

 

^ fuse box cleans it up alot...

and did you probe both terminals for the fuse? Just search around and find a fuse thats getting power, then get a spare fuse, wrap the wire around the terminal and you should be good. As for the negative probe, just find soemwhere steel under the dash and you'll be good there.

 

I get power from the fuse that goes to my dc outlet. Ground to any unpainted surface that is connected to the chassis.

 

(also posted on oznium forums)

Okay I figured it all out
I'm sure it took me way too long for a relatively easy job, but I feel like I did quite a clean install.

I ended up grounding and drawing power from the car battery, then feeding the wires through the little hole leading to under the passenger dash. Then I unscrewed a few panels and ran the positive power wire up under the center console, under the parking brake boot thing and up to the switch, then of course back down the console and into the transformer. There are no visible wires of course.

Here are some pics:

autozone shopping spree. Not all of this has to do with cathode install, but most does



what the battery looks like now. red tubes contain wires I added. ATO fuseholder is the invisible part at the break between the red wire and the red tube on the right, haha



switch

 

Looks good. I just ordered the flexable strips this week from oznium. Im doing under the dash and under the seats. Did the Haynes manual tell you how to take off the center panels? Thats my only concern. I have had bad luck with getting panels back on right in the past.

 

jk...looks really good...the switch fits in really good there....



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Heh, actually I didn't even use the haynes manual for this job.
The panels I loosened/removed weren't very hard to figure out.

Just start on one side, then go to the other. And if you remove a panel, then take out a screw that was hidden under that panel, make sure you work backwards so you put that screw back in before you put back on the panel.

Really as far as wiring goes, if you loosen up the panels you'll be able to run the wires under the sides without anything showing.