Neon/Halogen Lighting

[Mazda_Brian]

I am looking at putting some lighting in the car (Inside the car, not under the car).

I have looked at some nice Halogen lights for the boot, to shine on the sub with some different colours, but I am looking at power usage at the moment.

My electronics system is running pretty close to max at this stage, and wont take much more without cause for issues. I am upgrading after I get a few other issues sorted out (such as rego and tires), but until then I would still like to put some lighting in.

I was looking at some neons under the dash (probably blue), and some neons under the back seat. (my back seat lifts up, leaving about 15cm of space, and I have already checked, and I can create a cavity under the seat which will be able to house the neons, so when they are off, I can drop the seats and you wouldn't even know they are there).

At this stage, I have gotten the wiring, relays, fuses, and switchs, but I am just wondering if there are low-powered neons, that are more energy efficient, last thing I want is to have to have the engine running to show my car off when it's parked.

Look forward to people's thoughts.

B.

[platypus]

halogen lights are 12v....

just cut out the inverterthingio they will be fine as they draw little power

but they get hot quick

[mrpayner]

Critter has used halogen lighting in the boot install of his SP20.. It works quite well and i recommend that you PM him as i believe that he did all the work himself..

I have a pic of it from the Canberra Dyno day.. i'll post it later on.

AP