wiring a few things together, best way?

well my name is Isaac and i have a 2001 ford taurus, with the vulcan engine, not that that matters. anyway ive been into the wiring thing for a long time now and im still learning. my wife and i were going to trade in the car sometime ago so i ripped everything out of the car. since we decided to stay with the car...well i gotta install and rewire everything again. at the moment i have a set of OPTIX strobes in the tail lights, OPTIX  underglow neon kit (white, cars white) and OPTIX  white neon pedals. im going to be adding alot more stuff like leds and more lights later on but for now...when i had everything hooked up i had a power wire (bout 16awg) going to one switch, from that one switch, the positive wire would run to the next switch, and from that switch power would run to the next switch, for the ground i tied all ground wires to a nearby ground ( scrape the paint and add a ring connector and screw down). am i doing that right? if i add more stuff would i continue to wire up the same way? at RADIOSHACK we sell some radio control cars known as XMODS. well i took one from my lil collection and gutted it out, drilled some holes on the top and used that as my switch box. purddy kewl huh?! ha ha i tapped into a fuse from the fuse box under the dash for power. i know i half assed it and should of run it directly from the batt. same for the ground. if i add more stuff later would/should i use some type of relay? would i run it the same way?  i've been reading post going back to june of last year so I know that there alot of SMARTIES on here so any and alot of info/help is very very appreciated!!!

isaac, it sounds like you have  handle on things....but one thing concerns me....you tapped a fuse.   did you tap the power side of the fuse or the load side?  and if its the power, i hope you fused this wire. that is(for what you are doing) the correct way. if you need to test  this....pull the fuse and see which side of the opening has power...that is the power side.  good luck,  XSexpandable sound

south of boston

one week and a hundred posts later and still nothing......ahhh come on guys

you really don't need much power for for led's and neons.  tapping the fuse, and grounding to the chasis is fine.

but as far as taking the power wire from the fuse box or the power of the batt. ( whatever ) and running it to the first switch, then the same power wire run it to the second switch, so on and so forth. that's really what im at right now. is that correct?

i use relays i have over 20 neon tubes in my car along with a light up exaust tip and i am using 3 relays

Yes, you can run your string of switches off the same power wire.  Use a wire gauge that will easily handle the amperage draw, and fuse the wire near the source of power.  I don't like your description of wrapping the end of a wire around a fuse and re-inserting it.  Find a place where you can properly solder the wire, and solder a fuse holder near that location.Build the box so that it performs well in the worst case scenario and, in return, it will reward you at all times.