Re: Hard-wiring of radar detector

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Peter_C_Schulz@ccmail.ed.ray.com say:

> I am requesting tips, hints, etc on hard-wiring my radar detector, since the 
> cigarette lighter is in the middle of the center console.  I occasionally use 
> my portable CD player and use the lighter for power.


Nick Craft replied:

> Sometimes you can clip them to the sun visor and wire them
> into the interior light on the ceiling of the car.

You should not do this. The interior light comes on at different times,
and doesn't provide reliable power. My 90Q was wired by the dealer, and
they told me NOT to do this. The briought the wire out here, but ran it
to either a new fuse on the block, or the fuse for the cig lighter.

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