I have some red neon lights sitting around doing nothing from a computer project I did a while ago, and it occured to me they might look nice mounted underneath the dash of my 92 protoge DX. So I started poking around, seeing where it might be feasible to mount them, and it looked doable enough. My only problem is the wiring: I know basically nothing about car electronics. I considered just tapping the cigarette lighter's wires, since they're the right voltage and it would be really easy to run the wires to where they need to go from there. But then I'd have to turn them on and off with a switch, which wouldn't be nearly as much fun as having them hooked up to the door switch.
I looked at the Car Alarm FAQ above and found a little bit of information about the location of the door trigger, which is what I assume I'd have to tap (and possibly put a relay in) to get this to work. Unfortunately, "red/white wires at the fusebox" isn't really descriptive enough to reassure me that I'm not going to get the wrong ones: there are several fuse boxes and plenty of red and white wires running out of each of them.
Alternatively, I think I could just tap the dome light's wires, since that's the right voltage as well, but I have even less of an idea where those wires run.
Is this project doable for a total newb? Could anyone give me some general directions on where I might find these wires? I've poked around on various web sites and Google, but thus far nothing has proved detailed enough for me. Thanks for any advice,
I looked at the Car Alarm FAQ above and found a little bit of information about the location of the door trigger, which is what I assume I'd have to tap (and possibly put a relay in) to get this to work. Unfortunately, "red/white wires at the fusebox" isn't really descriptive enough to reassure me that I'm not going to get the wrong ones: there are several fuse boxes and plenty of red and white wires running out of each of them.
Alternatively, I think I could just tap the dome light's wires, since that's the right voltage as well, but I have even less of an idea where those wires run.
Is this project doable for a total newb? Could anyone give me some general directions on where I might find these wires? I've poked around on various web sites and Google, but thus far nothing has proved detailed enough for me. Thanks for any advice,
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