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Old Mar 6, 2019 | 12:16 AM
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Please could some one tell me.
Vintage Air said hook purple wire to ignition switch wire.
A hot wire.
Which wire is recommended. I’m assuming the lone red wire ? But don’t really want the ac coming on at same time I crank engine.
This is new “LectricLimited “ dash harness.
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There is only one purple wire and it is the smaller 16 gauge. The other wire is purple/white and other is pink.The purple is in the black connector with the red wire
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So tell the man which wire is the ignition switch wire?
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Old Mar 6, 2019 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by henrikse
There is only one purple wire and it is the smaller 16 gauge. The other wire is purple/white and other is pink.The purple is in the black connector with the red wire
Sorry

thought connectors were vintage air and were distinguishing
use a meter or test light and look for the one with 12 volts when key turned on
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Why don't you get a test light to determine the correct wire.
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Old Mar 6, 2019 | 10:59 AM
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Thanks I’m goung to call LectricLimited.

This their harness. And this the ignition switch plugs

it’s a harness W/O air cause Vintage Air has its own seperate harness.

The plug with red wire has no other connectors inside it

The small gauge purple wire is theVinage Air AC wire
vintage air tech only said to T that wire to hot ingniction wire. I’m assuming that’s the red

BUT I read some where hooking to one of the other Hot wires prevents AC from trying to start at same time as engine. Supposed to delay ac start ??

Will call manifactor and see if can talk to one of their techs.





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Old Mar 6, 2019 | 11:25 AM
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Ok here what they told me

use test light and find which switch is hot when key is in the run positron not the crank position.

They dont have a dedicated wire for run only so will be shared run and acc position hot wire

Haaa but the steering column is out so will have to be a contortionist and do after all the rest is installed.

its interesting that neither vintage air techs nor LectricLimited techs know which wire is the “run hot wire “. So will be last thing I connect after all is put back together so can put test light on it.
All else has basicly been plug and play.

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