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Old Jul 4, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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I'm installing fan switches in my car the old fashioned way (read:with a lot of time and blood involved), and I've come upon an impasse. I need a 12v power source that's always on, but I don't want to have to poke every wire with a multimeter to find one. Can anyone point one out to me? Perferably under the console on the driver's side. I've already got the kick panel out so that's the easiest wiring for me to get at.
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Interested also. TTT
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I'm installing fan switches in my car the old fashioned way (read:with a lot of time and blood involved), and I've come upon an impasse. I need a 12v power source that's always on, but I don't want to have to poke every wire with a multimeter to find one. Can anyone point one out to me? Perferably under the console on the driver's side. I've already got the kick panel out so that's the easiest wiring for me to get at.

Take a standard flat terminal spade and hook it up the the BTTY on the fuse panel. Thats constant power
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Originally Posted by BOTTLEFEDLS1Z
Take a standard flat terminal spade and hook it up the the BTTY on the fuse panel. Thats constant power
That's the best place but it's actually labeled "BATT". The orange wire in the black 10-pin connector on the back of the radio is also battery power but you probably shouldn't use that for something that draws as much current as fans do.
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Old Apr 7, 2007 | 05:51 AM
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you can always go to the factory ignition harness under the dash (heavy gauge red) just use a multimeter (test lights are a no-no) and be sure to fuse it correctly
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