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Real quick question for you guys with aftermarket radios in your trucks. Where did you hook up the battery lead to. Was trying to use the Cruchfeild wire harness but I get no power to the radio. When I hook igintion and battery lead together to ignition lead in truck, everything works but that is bad for memorey presets and battery life. I thought of hooking battery lead to always hot fuse but is this cool or not. I know it works but is it the right (or good) way to do it. Rather not start splicing if possible and direct wire to battery seems like a pain. Any ideas as I am in the middle of it now. Thanks guys.
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I hook both the memory wire and the Hot read wire directly to the starter solenoid *battery connection* with shielded Coax cable to prevent charging/ignition noise and for power at all times without a key on.
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I've had one place hook their installation to the Battery side of the solenoid and another truck used the actual + battery cable clamp off of the side bolt that clamps the wire to the clamp.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-Nov-01 AT 09:21 PM (EST)]A handy place I've found to hook the memory connection is to the cigarette lighter wire. It's usually in the vicinity, and I just scrape off a little insulation and wrap it all back up with tape.
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In my 2 Fords I just pulled the push on connector off the back of the cigarette lighter and tucked a bit of bare wire in there and pushed it back on, Never had a problem, running a wire all the way to the battery seems pointless, your maybe drawing 1/2 an amp for the memory. Its not like your hooking up a 1000 watt Orion hcca amp here
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Keven, As posted the cig. lighter is a good constant power source. I like my red wire to be switched, so I get a lead from the fuse block. I have found a radio wire under the dash and used it, placed a spade at the end of a fuse and pushed the fuse tight against it, and found a clip that goes around the end of the fuse and has a spade end sticking out to connect to. The yellow wire (memory) needs to be connected to a non switchable source like the cig. lighter.
I have found the tester that looks like an ice pick with a bulb in the handle and a wire and clip comming out of the handle, to be a valueable tool for finding hot, and switchable wires. If you keep an old truck around you surely will have to have one to keep all of the lights burning. :-)
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Powering up your radio by a (switched) source is good for the radio power. And your memory will never run a good battery dead, on a direct source. The memory does need a direct source of power. I would steer you away from a direct source, such as your cig. lighter as power for your radio power; because the first time you turn the volume down as you pull in the drive, and not hit your power button. Well, let's say you would have wished you got up a half hour earlier to catch your neighbor leaving, to help you jump start your ride.
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Really appreciate all the tips. Got one of those testers like the picture Stockman posted (those things are great). Instead of running wire to the battery (which I was trying to avoid because it did seem like a pain) I ran it over to the emergency flasher fuse in the fuse box. Spade connector on the end, slid it on the side of the fuse and holder and it is holding great. I never though of the cig lighter (duh). That was a great tip there.
It is so nice to be driving down the road with tunes coming from the working radio not a little battery jobby that gets static all day. There were many time I would look at the old radio and turn the power **** just on the slim hope it might come on LOL. You guy are great. Thanks again
It is so nice to be driving down the road with tunes coming from the working radio not a little battery jobby that gets static all day. There were many time I would look at the old radio and turn the power **** just on the slim hope it might come on LOL. You guy are great. Thanks again
