You're probably going to get frowned upon for doing this.

But anyways, run the ground to a ground (amp ground, or chassis ground) then run the power wire into your remote wire for the amp.

 

What's wrong with using a light to show off your audio system?

 

What's wrong with using a light to show off your audio system?

Nothing as long as it's tatefull.. namely DONT SHOW THE TUBE..

But follow the directions above.
Negative to the ground on your amp and Pos to the Remote and there you go..

 

I personaly would use a switch,fuse, and relay. Just for ultimate safety and reliability...besides if your neons in the hatch why have it come on and use up some of its life if no ones going to see it?

 

how do i wire with switch and relay

 

go to auto zone they sell the switch's and it will have instructions on the box

 

sq's right at least relay it, you can go through the open hatch switch

 

ralays suck and but help if you have alot of power going threw it personally i wouldn't use one but get a switch to wire a switch without a light it will have 2 metal prongs on the back on goes to the 12v and the other goes to the accessorie. for a switch with a light you will have 3 prongs the middle lights up switch and you put a 12v to that and one other prong and the 3rd one to accessorie i hope this helps

 

No need to wire it to a switch unless you want to turn it on and off. If you just want it to turn on with the amp, just make sure you have a good guage wire so you dont starve your amp/neon of power.

Personally, I have no problem with neon. I HATE TOOBAGE though. As long as it glows and doesnt just show a tube, I like it. I have 2 7-color underbody LED kits, and I love it. If you do it right, it looks nice. You can't see any tubes, and it illuminates the entire underbody of my car, not everything AROUND the car. When I get my car back from the shop, I'm putting neon on the inside too... Why? I want a nice car overall, go AND show.

To each his own.

 

ralays suck and but help if you have alot of power going threw it personally i wouldn't use one but get a switch to wire a switch without a light it will have 2 metal prongs on the back on goes to the 12v and the other goes to the accessorie. for a switch with a light you will have 3 prongs the middle lights up switch and you put a 12v to that and one other prong and the 3rd one to accessorie i hope this helps

relay's are the CORRECT way of doing it.

pin 85 - remote turn on lead
pin 86 - ground
pin 87 - +12v constant (big wire from amp works fine)
pin 87a - not used
pin 30 - output to your neon tube and to remote turn on for the amplifier.

done. relays are really easy once you've done a few thousand of them. rarely a single day goes by that i don't use one.


or just throw the neon tube in a lake, watch it sink like titanic and be done with it

 

lol neons are dieing out unless they are used in a cool amp rack or something