Need 12V + Constant at Electrical Panel
09-06-2006, 08:39 AM
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Need 12V + Constant at Electrical Panel
Can anyone refer me to which alphabetical bus connection where I can may source 12V + constant electrical source. I have stared at the wiring diagrams until my eyes ache and cannot for the life of me make this determination.
Sorry to be such a dolt.
Gordon
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Sorry to be such a dolt.
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09-06-2006, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by GT Jackson
Can anyone refer me to which alphabetical bus connection where I can may source 12V + constant electrical source. I have stared at the wiring diagrams until my eyes ache and cannot for the life of me make this determination.
https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...id=43863&stc=1
31 is ground, 15 is switched power.
You can easy find where the constant 12v comes into the relay pannel - it's the heavy guage red wires near the center of the plugs along the bottom (not sure if they're lettered like the other plugs). See:
https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...chmentid=74042
There are three wires in that example, but they're all the same.
NOTE: THESE ARE UNFUSED. So if you screw up, Watch Out!
You'd be much better off taking the power from the downstream side of one of the fuses that's always hot (like the interior lights, etc).
09-06-2006, 09:18 AM
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NOTE: THESE ARE UNFUSED. So if you screw up, Watch Out!
Yep, watch out. I tried uninstalling and old alarm system, and when I pulled the wire, 2 sec silenc a then it just started to smoke 
......burn 
......f**k, unhook battery......sh*t.......... 
pew, I managed, but just only before creating real damage 
Yep, watch out. I tried uninstalling and old alarm system, and when I pulled the wire,
2 sec silenc a then it just started to smoke ......burn ......f**k, unhook battery......sh*t.......... pew, I managed, but just only before creating real damage
09-06-2006, 09:43 AM
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Get a fuse tap and connect to any of the top fuse connections in the center (~8) of the board (use a low rated one so as not to overload). This way you get a good connection and a fused line all in one.
A poorer alternative is the bolt on connection on top of the panel under the plastic cover - with a ring terminal (& in line fused very nearby). I'd just do the fuse tap - with a good quality tap: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=071-580
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A poorer alternative is the bolt on connection on top of the panel under the plastic cover - with a ring terminal (& in line fused very nearby). I'd just do the fuse tap - with a good quality tap: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=071-580
Alan
Last edited by Alan; 09-06-2006 at 10:31 AM.
09-06-2006, 11:46 AM
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Great info, thanks. I intended to place a fuse in-line after tapping the 12V+, but I like the idea of coming out of the fuse panel as well. Jager has a "Add a fuse" piece thaqt they deliver with some of their components but I couldn't find a source for it.
Again thanks.
Gordon
Again thanks.
Gordon
