Mine doesn't work and I need help, I have searched and have tried moving the little switch on the latch but I get nothing not even a flicker, does anybody know anything else I can do

 

just gonna throw this out here..... did you replace the bulb yet?

 

It's probably burnt out dude. Unless of course the bundle of wires was chopped like mine was when I got it.

 

get some 12" white Cold Cathode tubes and wire them up instead. it'll be a LOT brighter. assuming the bulb is just burned out.

 

I replaced the bulb yesterday so its not the bulb

 

why dont u check the voltage in harness under the rear speakers cover pull that out and u will see harness dere and check it out....and is ur front D-Side door sensor working?

 

mine has not worked since I bought the car. Checked the bulb. Guess I need to get a wiring diagram and a test light.

 

I thought i was the only one with this same problem I have replaced the bulb twice and still get nothing from that damn thing i have to use a flash light in the night to look around in my truck and under the hood i dont even see a spot where the light should be whats up with that?

 

theres a trunk light? i never even knew, mine probably doesnt work either

 

check this cable. I've got same problem and fix it.

 

hmm, dont know if i'll fix mine. i only use my trunk for the subwoofers and im rarely digging in it

 

ok kool will do and ill let u know if that works

 

I thought it was too dim anyways.. I replaced mine with an led light bar.

 

Thats why I want to figure out why mine doesn't work, I too want to install an led bar to show off my subs but want it to come on only when the trunk is opened

 

Think a fluorescent light tube will hold up in there? I have a spare one layin' around from the reptile days that I might wire up.

 

I just wired up my trunk today with a neon bar its a little LED though but to wire it from the sub use the amp wire that runs to that batter/the power cable then for it to only cut on with when the trunk is opened pull back that cover or just cut the wire that runs to the trunk light and my wire was pink u might see like 4 wires but its either ur pink wire if urs is pink also or the black wire that runs to that trunk latch ill take pix 2marrow to show u what im talking about and mine works just fine only thing is that damn light is not bright enough i dont know why tho maybe because it was a $9 light lol and its little so yeah word of advice if ur gonna get a tube it a good one that u know will put out a good bit of light...

 

i did wire up my little led bar today well yesterday and its way too dem so do u have a pic of yours and where/how did u wire yours?

 

go for it. i'm either gonna use a trio of 8W fluorsecent tubes, or some 12" cold cathode tubes. i plan to just put a relay on the wires for the stock trunk light, and let the switch portion just draw a line off the battery, cuz i'm not sure how much current is safe to pull through the stock wiring for the bulb.

 

big thanks just did this today and works perfectly, now I can finally order my led tube

 

Sorry i didnt get around to posting the pix but ur welcome...

 

The new replacement tubes... blue Cold Cathode Light Kit, 12"s and yeah they are way brighter then that led crap that i have in my trunk now so yeah thankx for the heads up guys im thinking about buying a few more... how would i wire these up with a off and on switch tho?

 

wire it into the existing trunk light.

 

i replaced my factory bulb to this more amp drawing bulb. MUCH BETTER light output than stock bulb...only $1.50 from wallmart and been using since 1 year now....

 

what is the wattage on that? the stock one is what, 8W? something like 20W would be adequate.. but you'll still get the most lumens per watt with either fluorescent or cold cathode.

 

The LED that i have in there now is wired to the trunk light but what if i wanted to put in somewhere inside the car i.e. under the dash? where would i run the wires from?

 

Back in the day I installed a spare fog-light with an on/off switch in the trunk, which provided superb lighting back there. I wish I could find the pictures.

 

factory trunk bulb is rated at 3.4W at 12 volts = 0.28 Amps

and i replaced it with 12W bulb at 12 volts = 1 Amp

and it wouldnt hurt to pull a lil more amps through stock trunk lamp wiring...

 

I actually tested my new ccft current, it is 1a.

 

how's the output on it? yay? nay? meh?

 

when i hook them up to my CPU they are 100x brighter then that LED i have

 

I did the same thing a few years back, a pair of cold cathodes. It's actually a lot brighter than the pic shows.


Now that I look at that picture...I wonder why the hell I had a lightbulb in my trunk.

 

does anybody know how to set up these light with an on off switch...? like if i wanted to put it under my dash in the from of the car what would i have to connect it to?

 

find a 12v source (radio is a good start, you have a choice of constant power, and power when ign is in acc or on). find a place to mount the switch. mount bulbs and inverter w/ double sided tape (included). hook up connectors, test, enjoy pissing yourself off at night because you cant find/reacht the switch, and are blinfed by the bright *** lights under your dash.
(note: colored wire that goes to computer power is positive, black is negative)

 

These Cold Cathode wont be needing any resistors right? cause the Input voltage of the inverter is 12v right?

 

Correct, they run off of +12VDC from a computer power supply.

 

thankx for the advice but i really didnt need the scarcasim... i was just thinking about doing it why would i ride down the road with them on..thats kind of the whole point about the on off thing... but yeah like i said thanks for the info

 

if you wire it into the socket for the original bulb then that won't be an issue anyways

 

ok..

 

The cold cathode tubes that i have are not lighting up anymore but i did unhook the wires and just tried to run the wires str8 to the tube itself without the little black box that came with the set is that box suppose to be hooked up to control the amount of power going to the light?

 

That's not so much a power regulator as an inverter. You can't run straight DC power to the tube. Why the hell would you remove the inverter? What did you think it was, an 'extra part'?