[gingo]

Ok, I have a car neon that I got at autozone quite a while ago. I dont use it in my car anymore so I want to use it inside my case.

Can someone explain or point me to a guide that explains how to wire it to a 4pin molex connector?

right now it still has the cig lighter connector on the end.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

If there are no electronics inside the lighter plug, it's very simple. The end of the plug has a metal contact and there are also contacts on the sides. Hook up the end contact to 12V and the side ones to ground.

There's another way as well. Frequently one wire will be copper and the other one will be aluminum. Connect copper to 12V and aluminum to ground.

[gingo]

The only thing on the light plug is an on/off switch.

What do I use to connect the plug to a molex connector?
It would be nice to have a picture guide.

I think I want to just cut the cig lighter plug off and wire it to a molex connector I can cut off of some old case fan. Can I just splice the wires to the 12v(yellow) and ground (black) of the molex?

The only problem I think I will have is distingushing what is ground and what is 12v. The wires are the same color on the neon.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Your plug will look something like this. Find out which wire is connected to that metal cap on the end, and splice that wire into the yellow wire from the molex. Splice the other one into either black wire.

[gingo]

Ok, thanks. btw, do you know where I could get a switch or something that I could wire into it so I could turn it off/on easily?

Just like radio shack or something?

[Fushyuguru]

Just get a standard switch from radio shack. Make sure its not a momentary switch, that its an on/off switch. Then just wire your 12v and ground to two adjacent pins on the switch. If it has more than 3 pins... then you didnt get the easy switch. Just check the diagram if it has one.

[Nismo]

yeha radioshack has switches
any one would work fine as long as its a switch

[Fushyuguru]

Originally posted by Nismo
yeha radioshack has switches
any one would work fine as long as its a switch

True to their nature.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Originally posted by Fushyuguru
Just get a standard switch from radio shack. Make sure its not a momentary switch, that its an on/off switch. Then just wire your 12v and ground to two adjacent pins on the switch. If it has more than 3 pins... then you didnt get the easy switch. Just check the diagram if it has one.

I think that would cause a short circuit.



Any SPST switch will work, as long as it's not a momentary switch.

[Obsidian]

Now this is something i've never considered before. Using the neons ment for cars in my computer. Theres some interesting lights you can get for cars. Check out this one I have on my Dodge Neon. I think it would be sweet in my computer

Linky

[Blz]

just one question, arent car neons... neons that actually produce a fair amount of heat? i was wondering about that before i found CC's for computers way back in the day. i always thought they heated up somewhat so i didnt want one put inside my computer..

im probably wrong though

[Supertrucker]

i have a green one that i picked up at the swap meet for my very first window mod when i was still runnin a tbred a

and as far as heat goes, it seems like my uv lights get warmer than my green flourescent did

[Blz]

hm, alrighty then. thx for the input

[gingo]

I picked up a switch from radio shack earlier today and got everything wired. Once I was finished I booted her up and flicked the switch, the light went on for a second and faded off! I thought I blew something. But I tried again and it did the same thing. Then I remembered there is a switch on it that selects just "on" and "beat with music". I swore I had it to on, but I opened my case and flipped the switch (not sure what I changed it to) then I tried again and it turned on and stayed on, its working great!

Thanks for all the help. Mainly you crazy jayhawk.

[BlueWraith]

Ahh.. neons.. I love them. I have over 50 neons, LEDs, and strobes on my Ranger. Autozone neons are crap... go with Liteglow or Streetglow.

[Crazy Jayhawk]

Originally posted by gingo
I picked up a switch from radio shack earlier today and got everything wired. Once I was finished I booted her up and flicked the switch, the light went on for a second and faded off! I thought I blew something. But I tried again and it did the same thing. Then I remembered there is a switch on it that selects just "on" and "beat with music". I swore I had it to on, but I opened my case and flipped the switch (not sure what I changed it to) then I tried again and it turned on and stayed on, its working great!

Thanks for all the help. Mainly you crazy jayhawk.

That switch on your light was to switch between sound activation and constant on. I had a blue neon tube that did the same thing.

I'm glad I was able to help you out.

[BanyanVINES]

I was wondering just the same thing a while back. This should be useful! *yoink* tnx!