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yg17

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Posted: November 02, 2005 at 2:09 PM / IP Logged

Extremley dumb question.

If I'm going to hardwire something into my cars power, the positive wire goes to 12 volt, and the negative just gets grounded, right?

This is the first time I've seen the wires referred to as positive and negative. Most headunit manuals I've ever seen label it positive or 12v and ground.

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mikew04

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Posted: November 02, 2005 at 2:12 PM / IP Logged

Correct

Make sure your wires are fused properly.

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yg17

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Posted: November 02, 2005 at 2:16 PM / IP Logged

well, what I'm doing is installing a hidden cigarette lighter for a sirius receiver (starmate replay). I was just going to tap into my pioneer headunit's harness for power. that way, I'm not cutting stock wiring. Would I need to add a fuse there? It's got a fuse in the fusebox, and don't most cig ligher plugs have fuses in them?

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eurocar

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Posted: November 02, 2005 at 2:33 PM / IP Logged

Do you want to burn the wire to the fuse box or to the cig lighter assy? You can never be too safe.

john henrie

eurocarusa@verizon.net

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yg17

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Posted: November 02, 2005 at 3:50 PM / IP Logged

what size fuse would you recommend then?

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