what would cause this...

[JesterDallas]

i just hardwired in my footwell neons the other day and they look great and work correctly with the switch i installed... but when i turn them on for the first time in a while the passenger side light doesn't turn on right away. it always turns on, and if i ever turn it on and back off its just fine... just wonderin why it would do that and how or if i can fix it. not a big deal, but it'll bug me until i fix it!

[SickCelica696]

Same thing with mine, the neon sometime has to warm up before the gases excite and ignite, it always comes one a few seconds later for me. Cant fix it really..

[JesterDallas]

that makes perfect sense and is exactly what i was thinkin but why wouldn't the same thing happen on the drivers side?

[pfcnguyen]

check your ground for that side..it might be loose. I have Cold Catholds..and the one for the passenger back seat takes time to light up as well..the only problem is that CCFLs dont have individual ground.

[SickCelica696]

it happens it all my cars, the drivers side recieves more heat from the firewall on that side due to reduced insolation because of the pedals and on a manual, the clutch pedal assembly. So usually my drivers fires up a half second after flicking the switch and like 2 seconds for the passenger

[JesterDallas]

i'll check the ground, then if not i'll just assume its what sickcelica said