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Old 11-11-2012, 03:01 PM
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Installing wireless air bag controller

What is the easiest way to tap into a keyed 12V supply for a wireless air bag controll system? If I use the inside cab fuse box I have to get the wire inside the cab and then the fuse box cover may not fit back on. Isn't there a keyed 12V wire in the trailer harness I could tap into?
Would this be the preferred method?
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Old 11-11-2012, 03:40 PM
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I doubt this is the best place, but it is available at the radio. Seems that might overload the radio fuse, though.
 
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:38 PM
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I just installed a wireless compressor system and used a fuse tap on the rear window defogger fuse in the under-hood fuse box. It is a switched fuse. I was able to run the wire out of the fuse box with minimal modification to the cover because there is quite a bit of room under it.

I found that the fuses in the cab fuse box are low profile so they aren't good for using fuse taps.
 
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Same as Ridin'High. Run it to the engine compartment fuse. Much easier and better since the fuses are bigger. I have my wireless compressor and my HAM radio pigtailed off the fuse (not sure if it's the same, since I don't have rear window defrost, but it is a switched 12v).
 
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