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hurricanetech

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Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:15 AM / IP Logged

I have a Sirius unit that I will be installing in a 03' Focus and was wondering if anybody has every hard wired the power cable to the cars cigarette lighter? I ask this becasue I would like to hide the wiring and make the unit look like apart of the car. Those window suction cups look stupid, you all know what i'm talking about.

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Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:30 AM / IP Logged

It's an Orange / YELLOW wire.

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hurricanetech

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Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:42 AM / IP Logged

So all I would need to to is clip the cigarette light adapter and connect the hot wire to the wire specified above and ground the other? Would I need to add an inline fuse?

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Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:50 AM / IP Logged

Yup.

I would recommend a fuse as close as possible to the Sirius unit (not at the lighter plug - this wouldn't serve much).

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Posted: November 23, 2006 at 8:55 AM / IP Logged

Big Dog wrote:

Yup.

I would recommend a fuse as close as possible to the Sirius unit (not at the lighter plug - this wouldn't serve much).

The fuse should always go as close to the power source as possible. If you were to install it near the Sirius and a short in the wire were to occur, the fuse would serve no purpose....

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Posted: November 23, 2006 at 9:35 AM / IP Logged

I'm either dyslexic or an idiot - of course it should go to the lighter. Sirius Car Kit -- posted image.

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Posted: November 23, 2006 at 11:01 AM / IP Logged

Be careful! the new Sirius units dont work off 12v anymore...they're like XM now and use 5.2v...so instead of cutting off the plug like the old units ....take the plug apart and grab the + and - before the pcb..one is marked for ground...smack a fuse in there and ya done. Or get yourself a cheap cigarette lighter extention and cut it in half, and hardwire it w/o hacking the plug.

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hurricanetech

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Posted: November 27, 2006 at 4:40 PM / IP Logged

Looking at the wiring diagram the orange / YELLOW wire is located on the head light switch, something seems odd about that. Your thoughts.

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hurricanetech

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Posted: November 28, 2006 at 7:04 PM / IP Logged

I got it peoples, I think I'm the idiot. Thanks for your help.

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Posted: November 28, 2006 at 8:20 PM / IP Logged

spookiestylez wrote:

I just made the mistake of assuming it was 12v when I was installing mine today.. Lol i cut off the plug and tossed it ... Then im sittin there scratchin my head wonderin why its not workin... duh.. had to mangle the plug and wire up some new leads.. all good now. good luck

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