Valentine Hardwire

kartman · 07-27-2006, 01:57 AM

Anyone who has hardwired thier V1 able to tell me or post a pic of what wire you jumped off for power? I only want it to have power when the key in on and need help finding a wire to poach power from.

baseballfanz · 07-27-2006, 09:16 AM

Just use a volt meter to check for a wire that's on with ign.

**Carbeaux** · 07-27-2006, 09:53 AM

When I posed the same question, our Supermod BestAtChess suggested running off of the cigarette lighter fuse using this:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=071-585

I haven't wired that way yet, so can't say difinitively that it's only hot with ignition on. Might be worth a shot though.

CAR

mjw357 · 07-27-2006, 11:10 AM

one of the cig lighter sockets is hot only when the ign is on, forget which one. get behind there and tap that one.

**Carbeaux** · 07-27-2006, 12:19 PM

For our existing sockets, it's ther right one. The left is hot all the time.

CAR

f00dstamps · 07-27-2006, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carbeaux

When I posed the same question, our Supermod BestAtChess suggested running off of the cigarette lighter fuse using this:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=071-585

I haven't wired that way yet, so can't say difinitively that it's only hot with ignition on. Might be worth a shot though.

CAR

that's fine depending on where you mount your valentine. mine is mounted on the visor, so i just ran a short phone cable from there to the wires behind the compass and temperature gauge. i took a voltmeter and measured for the wire that was +12 when the ignition was on.

if you mounted it on the visor, it'd be just as much trouble to run wires all the way down the a-pillar and across to the cigarette lighter.

MuskyHunter · 07-27-2006, 04:22 PM

Quote:

one of the cig lighter sockets is hot only when the ign is on, forget which one. get behind there and tap that one.

The left socket is hot at all times, the right socket turns on with the ignition.

baseballfanz · 07-27-2006, 04:25 PM

There are tons of wire under the dash to tap into.

cynic05 · 07-27-2006, 04:26 PM

Careful I tapped my XM into the right cig plug wire and it set off my air bag lite. $50.00 later it's off...My.02

baseballfanz · 07-27-2006, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cynic05

Careful I tapped my XM into the right cig plug wire and it set off my air bag lite. $50.00 later it's off...My.02

WOW $50? Could have save yourself some money.

Here's the fix.
1. Turn the key from off to on.

2. Watch the airbag light closely. It will stay on for a few secs. and then as soon as it blinks off (the start of the flashing), turn the key off instantly.

3. Count to 5 (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi . . . .)

4. Repeat steps 1-3 two more times until you have done the cycle three times.

5. Now turn the key on and watch the light. It will start blinking in a different, slower manner. This is diagnostic mode. You can watch this for a little while, no hurry.

6. Now turn the key off again, Count to 5 like in step 3 again, and turn back on. If the procedure worked, the airbag light will not be flashing.

If it does not work the first time, just repeat the steps again.

cynic05 · 07-27-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by baseballfanz

WOW $50? Could have save yourself some money.

Here's the fix.
1. Turn the key from off to on.

2. Watch the airbag light closely. It will stay on for a few secs. and then as soon as it blinks off (the start of the flashing), turn the key off instantly.

3. Count to 5 (1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi . . . .)

4. Repeat steps 1-3 two more times until you have done the cycle three times.

5. Now turn the key on and watch the light. It will start blinking in a different, slower manner. This is diagnostic mode. You can watch this for a little while, no hurry.

6. Now turn the key off again, Count to 5 like in step 3 again, and turn back on. If the procedure worked, the airbag light will not be flashing.

If it does not work the first time, just repeat the steps again.

Thanks basebllfanz, I assume that is what those morons did for $50. I did find the same info after the fact, naturally too late. Gotta love the stealerships

WazzuCoug · 07-28-2006, 12:23 PM

I want some valentine pictures too! Mine is all ghetto right now with the cord hanging from the detector which is mounted on the window to the cig. outlet.

baseballfanz · 07-28-2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by WazzuCoug

I want some valentine pictures too! Mine is all ghetto right now with the cord hanging from the detector which is mounted on the window to the cig. outlet.

This is how I have mine.

kartman · 08-04-2006, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cynic05

Careful I tapped my XM into the right cig plug wire and it set off my air bag lite. $50.00 later it's off...My.02

I tapped into the right cig for my V1 power yesterday and now II get the airbag warning too.

AB reset worked like a charm too, thanks for the info.