neon lights

floresm · 07-09-2011, 09:04 PM

Club car, Have three neon lights to install on golf cart. Each light has two wires. I want to control all three lights with one on/off switch. Can anyone help ne with wiring from lights to on/off switch to battery? Help?

scottyb · 07-09-2011, 09:18 PM

This is the Ezgo section but, since your neon lights are not cart manufacture specific we can answer the question here.

You need to wire the lights in parallel to a 12v source. Each light needs a positive and a negative from a 12v source.

For explanation purposes lets say each one of your lights have a red wire and a black wire. To connect it you would connect the red wire to 12v positive and the blk wire to 12v negative.
To connect 2 or more lights you simply connect all of the red wires to 12v positive and all of the blk wires to 12v negative.

floresm · 07-09-2011, 09:26 PM

Thanks for the reply. Now what about the on/ off switch connection?

scottyb · 07-09-2011, 09:28 PM

Run either the positive or the negative thru a light switch of HD toggle ... interrupt either leg of the circuit and it does not work....until your switch remakes the connection.

floresm · 07-09-2011, 09:31 PM

The on / off switch has two connections. Two prongs.

floresm · 07-09-2011, 09:35 PM

Could i run the positive wire off each light to the switch and from the switch to the battery. The nenegative off each light goes where to the switch to battery , to negative ground.

scottyb · 07-09-2011, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floresm

The on / off switch has two connections. Two prongs.

That's in and out, so just imagine you connect all the wires and the lights are on ALL the time.... the switch is an interrupter, so cut either supply wire and splice the switch in line. Make sense?

floresm · 07-09-2011, 10:27 PM

I connected the supply wire from the switch along with all positive wires off the neon light to the positive side if battery. The i connected the neg wires off the light to the switch to the neg battery side. Did not work.

floresm · 07-09-2011, 10:28 PM

Help?

Spawn · 07-09-2011, 11:05 PM

All the negatives should go to the battery there is no negative on the switch unless the switch has a on off light.
Run the positives from the lights to the switch and then the other side of switch to the battery.

FYI LED's use less power and last longer.

How many connections does the switch you are using have? 2 or 3?

07-09-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	neon lights Club car, Have three neon lights to install on golf cart. Each light has two wires. I want to control all three lights with one on/off switch. Can anyone help ne with wiring from lights to on/off switch to battery? Help?
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07-09-2011, 09:18 PM	#2
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,408	Re: neon lights This is the Ezgo section but, since your neon lights are not cart manufacture specific we can answer the question here. You need to wire the lights in parallel to a 12v source. Each light needs a positive and a negative from a 12v source. For explanation purposes lets say each one of your lights have a red wire and a black wire. To connect it you would connect the red wire to 12v positive and the blk wire to 12v negative. To connect 2 or more lights you simply connect all of the red wires to 12v positive and all of the blk wires to 12v negative.

07-09-2011, 09:26 PM	#3
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	Re: neon lights Thanks for the reply. Now what about the on/ off switch connection?
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07-09-2011, 09:28 PM	#4
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,408	Re: neon lights Run either the positive or the negative thru a light switch of HD toggle ... interrupt either leg of the circuit and it does not work....until your switch remakes the connection.

07-09-2011, 09:31 PM	#5
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	Re: neon lights The on / off switch has two connections. Two prongs.
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07-09-2011, 09:35 PM	#6
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	Re: neon lights Could i run the positive wire off each light to the switch and from the switch to the battery. The nenegative off each light goes where to the switch to battery , to negative ground.
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07-09-2011, 10:27 PM	#8
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	Re: neon lights I connected the supply wire from the switch along with all positive wires off the neon light to the positive side if battery. The i connected the neg wires off the light to the switch to the neg battery side. Did not work.
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07-09-2011, 10:28 PM	#9
floresm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 40	Re: neon lights Help?
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07-09-2011, 11:05 PM	#10
Spawn Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jax FL Posts: 598	Re: neon lights All the negatives should go to the battery there is no negative on the switch unless the switch has a on off light. Run the positives from the lights to the switch and then the other side of switch to the battery. FYI LED's use less power and last longer. How many connections does the switch you are using have? 2 or 3?

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