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yellowminiman
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wireing up a radio

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i have no radio in my 83 leyland and im fitting a new one i had lying arround i need a live, and a switch live and an earth .the earth is handy but where do i take the lives from


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take the permeant feed from the brown wire on the ignition and the switch is the green with white strip
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is that on the wires going into the ignition barrel
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That's it but make sure to put an in-line fuse on the 2 live's going to the radio.
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I always pull the live and switched feeds from the standard fuse box, simples......
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Miniquip wrote:I always pull the live and switched feeds from the standard fuse box, simples......
second that: theres a couple of spare terminals there usually and its a lot easier to reach than the ignition. IIRC the "switched" is colour white.
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