Hi guys, I'm in the middle of installing my Hahn Portfueler and I am going to say it straight up. I HATE WIRING! I'm at my last step in terms of electrical, and I just need to source a 12v that turns on when the key is set to run.
When I searched I came up with this, which makes no sense to me:
"maybe it should help you
C1-19 PNK 639 Ignition Positive Voltage (2) PCM/IGN Fuse"
Is that talking about the pink wire on the ignition control module? I can't decode 100% what that is supposed to mean.
Ignore my crappy pic it's about 2 years old, it was the best example I had. Ideally I'd like to connect to a wire that runs to that connection block thing at the top left of the picture (with all the wires going into it).
Would anyone be able to explain how to tell which wires going into that thing are seeing 12v when the car is running without baring them all? Or maybe help me pick one to use. There are about a million pink wires going into that harness so that's kind of annoying haha.
Thanks!
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Grab one of the ignition wires from the steering column. It's the thick pink one coming off of the harness on the underneath of your steering column. I'd use that one and fuse it.
I'd like to keep it in the engine bay if possible, it's just one less wire that I have to run inside the car, it's already a mess under there.
" To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. "
How much amperage does that portfueler pull?
See that black fuse block to your right there? Guarenteed there's something you could tap off of there. List me what all you have.
any pink wire should do just make sure your not pulling from something that is loaded already maybe the pink wire for the reverse light sensor would be the best
JBO since July 30, 2001
Hold on there cowboy, I wouldn't pick just any pink wire. Some send data, some send AC voltage, yeah, you don't wanna do that.
I went and had a look at it, what do you think about using the BLO (Blower?) fuse? It's a 30A fuse.
Otherwise, for the smaller fuses there are:
PCM 10A
AC 10A
CRANK 10A
BLO 30A
And then the bigger fuses I have:
IGNITION 50A
BATT 1 40A
BATT 2 40A
COOLING FAN 30A
PCM/HVAC 50A
Then a bunch of relays. What do you think?
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PS. Thanks for your help so far!! I can't wait to get this wiring stuff out of the way hahaha!!
" To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. "
I just checked all of those fuses with my multimeter and I don't think they are switched, I got a reading on every single one with the key out of the ignition.
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Crap, those are all the fuses that feed into the cab to the ignition switch. I seriously would run just a small 18 or 16 gauge wire thru the power connector grommet and tap off the ignition pink
Lol... okay fine, what size of fuse should I be looking at getting? Again sorry for seemingly dumb questions, just never sure when it comes to electrical.
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I would go with a 3 amp fuse. It doesn't need anything big, and you definitely would want to fuse that.
