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Installing/Tapping into a Switched Live
« on: August 13, 2014, 11:48:27 am »
I installed a Pioneer sat nav head unit a while ago but it needed a switched live for the radio reception to be anywhere near decent. I put off doing it as i didnt want to splice wires but the wife keeps moaning about not having the radio to listen to so i really need to get this sorted once and for all.

Does anyone in the North/West London area know how to do this? I'd be willing to travel if someone can lend a hand and beer tokens or cash will happily be given in return!

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Re: Installing/Tapping into a Switched Live
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2014, 01:25:11 pm »
Buy something like ebay 191260852923 - this shares a fuse with an existing circuit. Simply run a wire from your HU switchd live feed to the blue crimp on this, five minute DIY and no hacking into wires/can be removed easy.

(You can get them cheaper but I linked them as it shows normal size and mini blade)
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Re: Installing/Tapping into a Switched Live
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2014, 01:37:40 pm »
Buy something like ebay 191260852923 - this shares a fuse with an existing circuit. Simply run a wire from your HU switchd live feed to the blue crimp on this, five minute DIY and no hacking into wires/can be removed easy.

(You can get them cheaper but I linked them as it shows normal size and mini blade)

This^^

I did exactly the same and only took around 10 minutes :)

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Re: Installing/Tapping into a Switched Live
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2014, 10:44:16 am »
Fantastic! That's exactly what i was looking for.

Thank you gentlemen  :happy2: