Stupid question / CD player ign on

psycho83 East of England Rhythm and Booze Posts: 777	Stupid question / CD player ign on psycho83 @psycho83
	Aug 1, 2012 9:02:33 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	wiring in a cd player from scratch as I have no loom in the car. all is fine and I have it working , except I want it to go on and off with the ignition. easy answer is to connect it to the ignition switch as I have in the past but I cant get to the back of it and don't think I'll be able to remove the ignition switch without damaging it. cross threaded and appears to be wrapped in tape (previous owners wiring skills were apparently worse than mine) Where else can I run the ign wire to? The coil comes live with the ignition so could I use that safely or does it provide to much juice? it has an extra tab to connect straight onto. Will that cause interference and power drain? I can easily run a permanent live, but I can see that causing me lots of dead battery issues. Thanks
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,514	Stupid question / CD player ign on Seth @seth
	Aug 1, 2012 9:12:45 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	You should be able to run that from the supply to any circuit that is ignition controlled. I'm pretty sure I have put a radio ign feed on to the supply side of a brake light switch in the past.
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akku Probably posted too much Posts: 15,734	Stupid question / CD player ign on akku @alistairk
	Aug 1, 2012 9:22:41 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	so long as its only the switching signal thats fine I had a dash fire once where a previous owner had wired the main power feed of a high output head unit into a low power circuit in the instrument binnacle to get his live feed.
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keithyboy Posted a lot Posts: 2,884	Stupid question / CD player ign on keithyboy @keithyboy
	Aug 3, 2012 12:27:25 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 1, 2012 9:22:41 GMT akku said: so long as its only the switching signal thats fine I had a dash fire once where a previous owner had wired the main power feed of a high output head unit into a low power circuit in the instrument binnacle to get his live feed. When I was young and foolish I took the live feed for the massive spotlamps on my MKII Escort from the feed for the radio just upstream of the fuse. As soon as I turned them on it burned the insulation off the wire right back to the ignition switch.
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