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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:18 pm 
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xf falcon, all wired up except for the red wire (ignition)

has to connect but don't know where to connect it to. should go to wire so that when ignition is turned on the thing gets the power.

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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:47 pm 
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The factory wiring should contain the ignition supply.....

 

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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:08 pm 
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yeh but it has came off (person before had hooked it up to a 6 stacker and i don't know where the wire went)

so basically i need to know where to connect the wire so i get the ignition supply

any help please
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Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:52 pm 
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ciggy lighter? anything that comes on when the key is in the ignition.

or, you can hook it to permanent power and just make sure you turn it off everytime you leave the car!

 

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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:22 am 
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easiest way would be to just splice into ur power wire from your cigaretter lighter

its generally the square plug wire which is pos as they have neg and pos

so if ur not sure
and want to be sure not to short anything
just use a power tester

or as quoted already aswell u could also run it to the same wire as ur yellow wire
soit runs permanent but its not recommended at all
where abouts in sydney are u located mate

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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:38 am 
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yeh mate did a bit of reading on the net and i'll go at the ciggy lighter tomorrow. to the positive right?

im in maroubra, fair way form the mountains ;)
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 1:53 pm 
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yea mate

the positive on the ciggy lighter cus its switched power meaning when u turn ur key to accesorys it will power up which is wat u want

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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:02 pm 
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thanks for the advice mate.

the car is a mates, i have put everything in, all wired up EXCEPT the ignition wire.

put it into the smoke lighter, nothing happens so i thought bloody hell i gotta rewire the whole thing cos i made a mistake.

but the cigarette lighter doesn't work in the first place he said so thats why... (i removed the positive from the lighter and replaced it with my ignition wire - this is right yeh? or would i need to splice them together?)

so basically i'm after another source for the ignition wire. i have read that the ACC fuse can be used, anyone know where i can tap into it?

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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:19 pm 
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yes thats right

using the power wire from the cigarette lighter
should work
reason being the lighterdoesn work is probably the lighter itself

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