For the longest I tried to get some lighting in the footwell area of my honda. Finally, thanks to this site I was able to find out what I was doing wrong, I think.
I connected the relay and the neon lights so they work with the overhead lights, providing light around the footwell area. I used two 10" neons and one 20amp +12v SPDT relay (only one I could found).
My connection is as follows:
pin 30 - provide power to the neons
pin 85 - ground
pin 87a - fuse box (+12v).
pin 87 - not used.
pin 86 - connects to the +12v cable that goes to the door switch. When the overhead lights are off this cable is hot and viceversa.
Now my problem is that when the doors are close and I switch the overhead light from the DOOR position to the ON position the car's "door open indicator" lights up. The same thing happens when I move the switch to the OFF position. Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
Thanks,
rohdz
Your a bit off but close :)
pin 30 provides power to the neons
pin 85 should be 12v+ fused
pin 87a not used
pin 87 should be 12v+ fused
pin 86 connects to the door switch.
I would like to know what car this is in to double check a couple things.
Is a Honda S2000. I will try that connection,thanks.
you need to get the trigger at the light bulb and not at the door trigger wire. Another words put the relay coil in parallel to the light bulb.
wire it like player shows but instead of 86 going to door switch, it should go directly to the negative side of light bulb, so running wire to the dome light is a must.
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Karl
Pacific Accessory Corporation
Mobile Audio Interfacing Equipment
Connecting You to Your Music Since 1976
well the neggative on most cars if it is negative will be the same neggative at the door trigger as the dome light here is another way to do it without a relay one if your door trigger is pos connect pos side of relays to trigger and ground the neone to chassis. if door trigger is neg give the neons pos fused constant and use the ground from door trigger to complete the circut. most neons only need about 9 volts to completely light up so by using the pos from a possitive door trigger you should be fine, and if your door is neggative that you just have to give the neones its own pos 12 volt constant source.
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Jon
Installer/Help Technician
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