thestaton

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I found this on the a previous but where is this wire?

Just tap into the red/yellow (sunroof) wire down the a pillar...

thanks

staton

mooreboost

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Huh?

stormhalter

For a V1 Radar Detector?

On any car I had my detector in, I just tapped it into the fuse box, 15 amp fuse.

stormhalter

I think he's avoiding the obnoxious coil into the cigarette lighter, and hard wiring the AC/DC adapter cable that comes with it.

That's what I did. Makes for a clean look.

mooreboost

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Ohh, I'm assuming he "quoted" the second line... I see.

On their site they stress that the V1 has enough power, I wonder if 15 amps is enough.

thestaton

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how do you tap into the fuse box? I've never hard wired anything before and I think the how-to on this site is to much work for such an easy task.

but on a previous post someone said if we had a sunroof we could tap into a red/yellow wire that was leading to the sunroof or off of it?

staton

stormhalter

With my BEL Vector 985 I stripped the end of the positive wire, exposing 1 inch of it and took out at a 15 amp fuse. I wrapped the exposed wire from the positive cable around the metal prongs of the fuse and plugged it back in. Then I stripped an inch off the ground cable and found an unpainted nut/thread and wrapped it around the thread, and tightened the nut over ontop of it.

I used the accessories fuse, so it came on when my key was turned to atleast ACC, or fully started. Right now, for some reason, I have it on a fuse where it's always on. It doesn't bother me nor does it drain the battery in any sense.

If 15 amps isn't enough (although it should be) then hook the positive wire to a 20 amp fuse then. :]

mooreboost

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You just need a little connecter from Autozone, it looks like a pitch fork, just pull a fuse and take it to Autozone, and match the width inbetween the prongs of the fuse with a connector. Then you just splice the wire, and crimp it into the connector, then place the connector into the fusebox slot.

thestaton

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now that's what i'm talking about. good stuff guys thanks alot this went from a 2 hour install to about 5 minutes haha good good stuff!

staton

stormhalter

That works too.. lol. :]

Didn't know thos existed. Hence why I did mine the way I did, haha. It's a pain to get the fuse back in sometimes if you wrapped the exposed wire around it too much and made it thicker than it is. Have to shimmy it in a bit with a fuse removal tool. One of those little clampers.

But yeah *points up* That's how I did it. Been running fine for 2 years like that. Nothing has blown up.. yet :]

No problem! Glad I could help you for once. I owed ya for all that awesome radar/laser advice.

thestaton

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one more thing when I hit up autozone should I get a 15 or 20 amp fuse? it is required to have 12 volts...sorry dont know much about this sort of thing!

thanks staton

neilschelly

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The radar detector circuit won't need any special size fuse. It'll pull much less power than any of those numbers. You essentially pick a fuse that's big enough, but not too much bigger than the expected current flow. I'd imagine that the radar detector would draw just a couple hundred milliamps so a small 2.5A or 5A fuse is fine.
-N

mooreboost

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You shouldn't need a fuse with the method I showed you.

And it will work better than "wrapping the wire around the fuse and shoving it back in" method.

thestaton

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mooreboost: you are correct sorry I was reading it wrong but I see what you are talking about now! good deal and thanks everyone for your help!

staton

mooreboost

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Glad it worked out for you.