Installing Sirius in C3
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Racer
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From: Keswick Ontario
Installing Sirius in C3
Want to hardwire (power) my Sirius into my C3. The fellow at the store suggested I buy an additional accessory plug and install it under the dash to plug the Sirius Power into. Apparently, this is easier than actually hardwiring it.
Anyway, I now have an extra accessory plug.. Any suggestions on which wires etc to splice it into ? Ideally, I'd like to have it switched so when I turn off the car, the power to the plug is also turned off.
Thanks in advance
Stephen
Anyway, I now have an extra accessory plug.. Any suggestions on which wires etc to splice it into ? Ideally, I'd like to have it switched so when I turn off the car, the power to the plug is also turned off.
Thanks in advance
Stephen
Melting Slicks
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There are some open spade connections in the fuse panel under the driver's dash. There's one for constant power and another for switched power. That's what I used for my radio power.
Cruising
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If I am not mistaken, the interior lights and original cig lighter are on the same 30 Amp fuse (I should know, I blew it last week! haha). As long as the door will still shut with the wire coming out and you don't mind, you could wire the extra accessory plug in there where the glove-box light switch is located. Then the extra plug would be out of sight but still accessible.
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Racer
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I've never played around the fuse panel before...what exacly is the procedure ? Do I connect the red hot wire to the fuse panel, then the ground elswehere ?
Does the fuse panel come out to make getting at it easier ? Any extra connectors etc I might need before I start ?
Thanks
Does the fuse panel come out to make getting at it easier ? Any extra connectors etc I might need before I start ?
Thanks
Cruising
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From: Columbus Ohio
You just get a blade connector (In the photo, the blue one that's kind of the only one 'inside' the circle)
and crimp that onto the end of the positive wire. Jam that into a spare terminal. I'd make sure the external accy plug has a built in fuse, otherwise you'll want to have an inline fuse (probably about 5 amp) with the positive lead so you don't blow anything. As for the ground, you can connect that to anything metal attached to the frame of the car...there's probably a ground point somewhere on the fuse panel too but I cant recall off the top of my head. Is there a problem with just using your existing cig lighter? It'd save a lot of work if you just got a splitter if you simply need two sockets.
and crimp that onto the end of the positive wire. Jam that into a spare terminal. I'd make sure the external accy plug has a built in fuse, otherwise you'll want to have an inline fuse (probably about 5 amp) with the positive lead so you don't blow anything. As for the ground, you can connect that to anything metal attached to the frame of the car...there's probably a ground point somewhere on the fuse panel too but I cant recall off the top of my head. Is there a problem with just using your existing cig lighter? It'd save a lot of work if you just got a splitter if you simply need two sockets.
