hooking upcigarette lighter?
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hooking upcigarette lighter?
Went to junkyard and got a ash tray with cigarette lighter for $2.66 and now need to know how to hook up the lighter to work.
Is something supposed to hook into the middle of it? Whats this wire? Ground? Power?
Is something supposed to hook into the middle of it? Whats this wire? Ground? Power?
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Originally Posted by Franklin2
Go back to the junkyard.
I getto rigged up a power wire and connected it to my battery and grounded the ground wire and it worked.
Is there a way I can splice into a power wire to make another one going to the cig lighter?
I didnt even see a yellow/blue wire.
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I remember in my truck being able to see that wire hanging around in there when I took the radio out.
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There are two places you can find the yellow/blue. Unless someone cut it up already and used it as the hot feed for your Alpine, it'll be tucked in the lower part of the dash just to the left of the lighter location....it was a standard part of all the wiring harneses back then. The other place you'll find it is in a plug that terminates in the same general area. This is the constant hot in the harness for the clock, which was a plug and play option. In other words, if your truck has a clock, the plug will be connected to a small harnes going to the clock. If your truck didn't have a clock, the plug will be there but not connected to anything. Either way there will be a hot yellow/blue wire.
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all right. I looked to the left up under it and kept looking then I saw it. It another wire that was twisted into it that was just sitting there so I connected the Yellow/Blue into my wire going to the lighter and grounded the other one and it works!
Thanks alot everyone!
Thanks alot everyone!