Car Wiring? 12V please help me...

[taltos1]

Hello,
Can anyone help to to understand car wiring. I want to tap into a 12V power source to power a light. But I am a newbie are car stuff! can anyone point me to some online references or better yet, let me know what wires I can use? I have a 94 Saturn SL1.

Thanks a lot

 

[minendo]

Open up your car manual.

 

[Shockwave]

Simple. You need power and ground, with a fuse in there too. For a simple light you may be best off to tap into the existing wiring. What kind of light?

 

[taltos1]

It is a led light, I want to use it in the back of my car. Near the rear seat floor... can I tap into say the car radio wires to get it? Can I splice into it without messing up things and making them lose power? And what kind of fuse do you suggest?

Thanks

 

[Ronstang]

If you have to come here asking such basic rudimentary questions then PLEASE find someone who knows what they are doing to help you ( in person, not on a forum) so you don't burn your car to the ground.

 

[jemcam]

Get out your owner's manual and find a switched fuse, for instance, the radio fuse. Then, pull the fuse out, slip the exposed wire (about 1/4 inch) into the fusebox with the fuse and you should be all set. You need two wires to make it work, one from the fusefox and one goes directly to a ground.

I'd be careful of splicing into the existing harness.

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: taltos1
It is a led light, I want to use it in the back of my car. Near the rear seat floor... can I tap into say the car radio wires to get it? Can I splice into it without messing up things and making them lose power? And what kind of fuse do you suggest?

Thanks

You'd need to wire a resistor inline with it. I assume you want that cool looking lit up interior. *IF* thats the case go with a neon bar, you can get'm fairly small and they come pre wired for 12V applications.

 

[Quixfire]

Please start reading here, then post your question again.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I thought I smelled Uncle Ben's!

- M4H

 

[bmacd]

it's easy bro...don't get discouraged. If you're not using resistors, then wiring in a single LED is as basic as wiring gets.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by: bmacd
it's easy bro...don't get discouraged. If you're not using resistors, then wiring in a single LED is as basic as wiring gets.

-=bmacd=-

Until you dont use a resistor and burn up your LED

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: bmacd
it's easy bro...don't get discouraged. If you're not using resistors, then wiring in a single LED is as basic as wiring gets.

-=bmacd=-

Hey stranger how have you been?

 

[bmacd]

i'm good...how's it goin? I sneak in here once in a blue moon...i had a computer question, so i popped in.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Shockwave]

Figuring resistor