Radar Detector wiring
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Radar Detector wiring
So this might not be audio and security, but it has to do with wiring. I have my radar detector on my dashboard, with the wire draping in front of my dash into the cig lighter. My question is this: Is there a way to route the wire behind or through the top of the dash (without drilling) and route the wire underneith to the cig lighter?
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Originally Posted by otter
I would run it along the top of the dash (hide it in front of the defrost vents) and dump the wire down the hole at the bottom of the A-pillar. Then you'll be right at the fusebox.
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I hardwired mine into my car. I ran the cord down the edge of the dash, behind the rubber trim, down to the fusebox, where I plugged it into a fuse slot that is switched by the ignition. The ground wire I ran over to a handy ground point about a foot away from the fusebox, on the driver's side.
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Mine doesn't plug into a fuse, it uses a cig lighter adapter. Is there a way to cut the plug off, put on the fuse adapter you speak of, and keep it safe? I ran the wire last night and it looks pretty good. The card wasn't long enough to tuck it completely under the edge of the dash, but most of it is there.
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best way to do detectors is get a visor mount for it, put it on your visor and run the wire down your a-pillar and hardwire it to switched power from your cigarette lighter or deck hope this gives you some ideas.
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I've got mine velcro'd to the dash beside the drivers A pillar. A wire runs down there to my kick panel where it's soldered to the accessory wire and is grounded.
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Originally Posted by livelyjay
Mine doesn't plug into a fuse, it uses a cig lighter adapter. Is there a way to cut the plug off, put on the fuse adapter you speak of, and keep it safe? I ran the wire last night and it looks pretty good. The card wasn't long enough to tuck it completely under the edge of the dash, but most of it is there.
Sounds complicated, but it's really not. I can take pics of my install, if you'd like.
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Originally Posted by Myszkewicz
Sounds complicated, but it's really not. I can take pics of my install, if you'd like.
Originally Posted by ruipina
I hardwired mine from the circuit box up the left pillar, under the ceiling cover coming out just behing the rearview mirror, this way it hides the detector a bit.
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Originally Posted by Myszkewicz
Sure. Cut off the plug, splice an inline fuse holder onto the positive wire, splice a regular wire onto the negative wire, put a crimp-on eye on the negative wire, attach to ground. Crimp on a small eye onto the positive wire, squish it down flat with pliers, and plug it into an open slot in the fusebox that switches on with the ignition.
Sounds complicated, but it's really not. I can take pics of my install, if you'd like.
Sounds complicated, but it's really not. I can take pics of my install, if you'd like.
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Originally Posted by twardOZRally
Be very careful with this method as some have a transformer built in to the cigarette lighter plug and operate on a lower voltage. 12V could fry it.
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Originally Posted by twardOZRally
Be very careful with this method as some have a transformer built in to the cigarette lighter plug and operate on a lower voltage. 12V could fry it.
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