Interior Neons, Help needed! Options

[danny_t82]

I have 8 small blue neons which I am planning on fixing in the footwells and door pockets. I have run a cable with an inline fuse holder (10A) to a switch in my glove box. When I tested these with one of the neons I blew the fuse. I am rubbish at electronics and am hoping someone can tell me how to get this right! PLEASE!!! When I wired all 8 thru the cigarette lighter they were all pretty dim hence I went for the battery direct method.

Somebody save me before I blow a fuse!!

Dan

[danny_t82]

ok, tonight i tried my luck again, i used the 25amp fuse from my amp in place of the previous ten amp fuse that burnt out. I hooked it up to all 8 led neons via the switch and fuse to the battery. I had the negative feeds from the led's and the swith fed directly back to the battery. all seemed great for about 2 seconds til something smelt bad followed by a bad smell, then several of the neons caught fire and i was forced to throw them out the door in fear of them setting the carpet on fire!! I don't quite know the extent of the damage to the lights but guessing its not good. I think the setup was fine but that the fuse was to higher amperage! Kinda scared to try again as im not having much luck here, but if you guys recon that i should try again with a smaller fuse (and promise that it wont eventually set fire to my car) then i guess i could try again!!

Cheers, Dan