Fading dash neons?
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Topic: Fading dash neons?
Posted By: adamzx3
Subject: Fading dash neons?
Date Posted: January 10, 2005 at 5:26 PM
Is there a way to make the neons fade out when the door closes? My dome light will fade out after a few seconds when the door shuts, could I tap into that and run off it? or could I also put an inline capacitor on the neon so that when it is powered down the power slowy drains away, making it fade?
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Posted By: bluetruck
Date Posted: January 10, 2005 at 7:48 PM
i dont think so, but im not an expert.
Posted By: adamzx3
Date Posted: January 10, 2005 at 9:25 PM
anyone? 
Posted By: ravenndude
Date Posted: January 10, 2005 at 10:52 PM
I'm almost positive that it is bad for the neons to make then fade in and out.
BUT if you want to take a chance just put a capacitor in serries with the power wire of the neon. you just have to play with the size of the cap so that you get the right timming effect.
Posted By: adamzx3
Date Posted: January 11, 2005 at 1:41 AM
cool, I was hoping my cap idea would work :)
anyone know of any dangers of doing this? it wont be fading in and out like a flasher but just gently fade out when shutoff
Posted By: NowYaKnow
Date Posted: January 11, 2005 at 7:03 AM
As far as I know you can't fade neon either the transformer is on or it's off. There are fading neons available, but those are made to fade in and out..
Mike
Posted By: slammedb5
Date Posted: January 12, 2005 at 4:59 AM
Yeah. Neons require a transformer, which either has full amp/voltage to light up, or not enough, meaning no neon. Sorry. You could keep neons on fully until dome shuts off, but I don't think you could make them fade.
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Posted By: adamzx3
Date Posted: January 13, 2005 at 1:21 AM
oh ok....:(
thanks for at least saving me time and money lol
Posted By: doc t
Date Posted: January 13, 2005 at 7:07 AM
I connected mine up to my interior lights . When i unlock the car or open the doors, they come on and then fade out after a couple of seconds after i start the car, just like the original interior lights. I have 8 of them hooked up and it's a great effect, and no problems as of yet.
Posted By: adamzx3
Date Posted: January 13, 2005 at 10:37 AM
cool, how did you wire it up and what kind of neons? It sounds like you just hardwired them to the dome light or something
Posted By: doc t
Date Posted: January 13, 2005 at 10:43 AM
exactly, I have the ultra bright neons by redline and just hardwired pos to pos and neg to neg of the interior lights.
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