Striaght Hot?
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Striaght Hot?
I got the Radio deck hooked up (or should I say fixed) in my 83 F-150. But got a question. What color is the straight hot wire for the memory? I hooked the straight hot from the radio into the Acc side of the ignition for now. But I'd like to solve this problem.
Thanks in Advance,
Old Rust Bucket
Thanks in Advance,
Old Rust Bucket
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If your truck had one of the factory option radios, then the memory wire will be lightgreen with a yellow stripe. If your truck had one of the standard radios, it may not have this wire up there in the harness.
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Thanks, How hard would it be to run a wire in case the truck don't have it? I don't know what it had from the factory. I bought it with a "Dual" (brand) radio. I would like to swap it out for a factory radio with manual tune but it will do for now.
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Simple, just run a wire from the battery or pick up a constant hot from the fuse box.
Take a test light to the harness you have in the truck. If one lights up with the engnition off, it's a constant hot.
Take a test light to the harness you have in the truck. If one lights up with the engnition off, it's a constant hot.
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Originally Posted by 2000Ford2000
But check it also with the key in accessory and with the engine running. I've seen spots on the fuseblock that are on when the engine is off and off with the engine on.
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I have seen it. I remember that problem on a John deere model Super A, it was super because they just started using rubber tires. Then again, that was after the birds nest above the intake manifold caught on fire.
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I just know I connected one once to a point like that. Didn't realize it until it was all installed. I think it was on a 78 Olds Starfire.
With carpenters, it's measure twice, cut once. With me, an electronic tech., it's measure with all possibilities, then connect.
With carpenters, it's measure twice, cut once. With me, an electronic tech., it's measure with all possibilities, then connect.
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Does the F150 have an accessory connector under the dash for an optional center console? There's one on my Bronco II which has permanent hot, accessory hot, ignition hot, and instrument panel lights. If there's such a connector on the F150 it might be easier to tap an appropriate fused feed there than to get all the way back to the fuse panel.