[s-cars] What should I do! - Ignition Electrical Lead

[chris chambers]

Matt,


There are several power sources available under your dash on the left
of your steering column, at least one of which is turned on and off by
the ignition key. I used this as my power source for my Valentine One,
and it works great.

In order to provide good clean current for your amps/stereo I recommend
running a good positive lead directly from the battery and use a relay
controlled by the above described power source to turn your amps/stereo
on and off. Don’t forget to hook the memory lead up to a unswitched
power source to keep your radio stations and clock in memory.

HTH

Chris



--- Matt Moly <urs6_20valve at yahoo.com> wrote:
> As I'm sure everyone has figured out by now, I am
> total re doing my entire sound system in the S6. I am
> now concerned about how to wire everything (amps, and
> head unit) so that it isn't on all the time, since the
> stock wiring has the head unit wired directly to the
> battery so it can always be turned on (when car is
> off). That isn't a bad thing nessicarily (I have
> actually grown to like having to turn it on and off
> separately from the car), but if the amps were wired
> like that they would continually drain the battery. Is
> there a way to wire the ignition lead from the amps to
> the head unit so that they are only on when the head
> unit is on, or is there an easy way to just tap into a
> true ignition on lead so that everything only works
> when the car is running. Either method would be fine,
> I just can't have my amps draining the battery ever
> minute the car isn't running. Thanks.
>
> Matt Molyneux
> '95 S6
>
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