ford fiesta 2000 uk w reg alarm wiring

Hey, still yet to try the methods you mentioned but I certainly will be doing once I get chance. Just wanted to ask, with regards to the 12v positive supply on the lock wiring, I had it wired to the wire going to a 10A fuse for the stereo. Is there a better wire at the back of the fusebox or elsewhere to use?

The ORANGE / black or whatever you decide it is in the loom with the two other lock wires going into the door in the driver's kick panel.

Whatever I decide it is?! Is there a clean 12v + supply in the kick-panel that can be used as you describe? If so, what is it originally supplying power to? Is 10A enough for an alarm system powered lock supply?

That's why you have to test; something you appear to not be inclined to do but again experience tells ME that's that's where I take it to; let's face it that's the factory lock control pre-fused so a fuse isn't necessary. Going back to the radio is rather going around the houses since that right hand kick panel is where I mount the alarm control unit.

I don't have an alarm unit separate though, it's within the siren unit itself. I'll run through what I did...I went from the engine bay, into the car at the near-side where the ECU is and through to the centre console. Wired up the indicator lights in the steering column, the power to the permanent live from the cigarette lighter and then the door lock loom across the the driver-side. Now, I know you keep telling me to test, and I will...it's just finding the time and getting a multimeter that's the problem. I know it doesn't need a fuse but power is power surely, so took it from the positive for the radio...which isn't permanent though. Maybe this is what I've done wrong and the door lock power to the alarm needs a permanent?

Again depending on year and no I'm not confused it's just the Ford Europe trick of frequently changing their colours, but radio constant is either red or ORANGE / something and ACC is yellow. Don't bother with a DMM, waster of money since your an amateur, go to a scrap yard and pick up a side light holder with a foot or so of cable and buy a croc clip from Maplin for £1, solder the other end 6mm or so, so it's rigid. Your whole wiring set -up is rather illogical, you should have pulled main 12v+ from the red wire at the back of the ignition switch via a fuse, grounded it in that vicinity as well. Against that there's naught wrong in tapping the cig lighter you won't even need a fuse because it's fused at 15 amps and you won't be using the alarm at the same time as the cig lighter, it's just that as a pro I prefer to go to the source.

Yea, the reason I didn't go to the ignition was because I'm an amateur and didn't want to tamper with ignition. Think I did try going to the ignition though. I'm gonna have to pull the stereo out and get a look at the wiring and get everything permanent positive for sure...and obviously test as you've said.

Ok, just to add further info for you, the links below are scanned images of the relevant pages in the manual for the alarm. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eBS7ucn0Th9wdAQDn2KR-aAzVqtP14DwB6l1benGHcM?feat=directlink With the main wiring, I've wired the power to the main unit, the ignition wire and the hazard flashers. https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0T0YHEhRGxnf3Y1UwQp-LqAzVqtP14DwB6l1benGHcM?feat=directlink With this image, you can see that C is for positive locks. Two of them are clearly lock/unlock (+) but the other confused me because of the change in image used. However, I still assumed it's a positive only connection.

Sorry about the multiple posts...here's what I did after taking a refreshing look: Wired the positive of the alarm to the back of the ignition fuse. Wired the negative to the negative of the cigar lighter. Wired the positive only of the alarm door locks to the back of the stereo. Would you know of any issues with wiring both the power and door lock power from the alarm to the same ignition wire, which is obviously a permanent live?

None but why not go to the cig lighter for main feed and that 12v+ constant going to the door for the locks, that will save you needing fuses, also ground to the cig lighter ground, BLACK/ green?. Incidentally why go to "ignition fuse" for alarm pos unless you meant the alarm's ignition feed. The whole issue of colour confusion is why I keep on at you to test, for instance the blue and blue/red indicator colours are the ones I've always seen on Fiestas of that age, Autodata also gives those colours yet the colours you found I've only ever seen on 98-07 Transits!