Bluechualappa

I've been working with cathodes for a few weeks now. Does anyone know if I can hook up the cathodes in the hatch to the light in the hatch so when the hatch is opened the cathodes illuminate? If so Do I use both wire on the stock light or what...

StevieSoFly

thats cool like it. I especially like the cathodes in the hatch thats a good idea haha. i like the tail lights too

gingles

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hey man...yea you can...what you do is just pop out the light and theres 2 wires...ones positive and ones negative...just splice your other 2 wires into and your good to go...i just done this with some leds not to long ago

Bluechualappa

See I had trouble with this though. First time I tried the cathodes back there I fried the inverter by reverse polarity and I think the fuse for the hatch light blew because the hatch light doesn't work anymore.

So the positive and negative wires for my cathodes need to connect to the wires that run to that light. Aslo does anyone know where the fuse for that light is? I guess I'll look it up.

stefPap1120

As far as I know, most inverters have polarity protection. If you got them from Oznium, they definatley do. And as for your rear hatch light no longer working, I don't think the load from one inverter would kill a fuse. I think a typical current draw for a two-light cathode inverter is about 5-10mA or 0.005-0.01A, and considering fuses are generally rated at least 1-2A more than what thier typical load will be, I doubt that the cathodes blew it, unless you already got a but load of lights hooked up to that circuit.

Stef

Tekka

whoa thats soo cool

Tekka

lol u shou;d bump I'm Blue by Eifel 65 when you have all them lights on.

RJonesy

I put the same setup in my car a few months ago. I wired the cold cathodes in my grill to both the cubby hole light and battery then added a on/off/on rocker switch. This way when i leave the switch on one way and turn on or off the alarm the lights in the grill flashes or I just can leave them constantly on. I also wired a set of cathodes to the light in the hatch so when I open the hatch door they turned on. You shouldn't have a proble with them blowing that fuse. Some how somthing went terrible wrong.

NoLimitzBuilt

You would need to use a relay. use the light wire out of the hatch to turn on the relay. That way all the load is put on the relay. I use it that way on all kinds of stuff. The blunt load of the juice is on the relay and it only takes a couple milliamps to turn a relay on. I hope this helps a little. If you need some direct help let me know.