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Old 09-24-2006, 01:28 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jfroot
In case anyone is going to attempt this.. when sticking in the wire and holding it in place by jamming a fuse on top of it.. make you are are putting the wire in the circuit AFTER the fuse and not before.. otherwise if the power cable to the V1 should become grounded, you will have one or more of the following happen: Smoke, Melted Wire, Fire

To do this you get a multi-meter or test lamp, and with the car on and no fuse in the socket, figure out which side is hot and which side is not. Then you attach the wire / tap to the not-hot side and then put he fuse back in.
What you are saying is the correct way to do this install.

Just wanted to mention, the V1 comes with an inline fuse on the hot wire, so it should be protected if a short occurs.

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