erikarn

hiya,

I'm looking to replace the stock EA fairmont radio with an Alpine deck. Said Alpine requires two supplies - a battery feed and an ignition-switched feed. The ignition switched feed is fine, I've found that on the harness. The trouble is the only always-on feed on the stock harness goes via the 10A fuse marked "CRT LP", which I'm surmising is the dashboard lamp circuit. Definitely not useful for this.

Is there an easily-accessible 15A ish feed I can draw from? Or will I have to run a new wire out to the battery?

Note: the alpine deck in question has a 15A inline fuse for the battery feed hookup which is why I'm guessing it needs up to 15A.

Thanks!

pepsimax

if it already has a inline then you don't need a second one,,around the area there is a hole heap of constant feed wires,,just use a scotch lock to tap into one..

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erikarn

I don't have a service manual anymore w/ wiring diagrams, so I don't know which wire(s) can be tapped. I'm open to suggestions though!

CraigS288

I believe "CRT LP" is the centre lamp. When I installed my stereo the first thing I did was cut through the existing wires to start from scratch. Unfortunately in doing so I blew that particular fuse because the person before me wired their stereo to it. It is tied in to the Smart Lock and I found my car didn't want to go until I replaced the fuse.
The fuse box has a fuse for the radio and cigarette lighter. I suggest you find where the wires from that go to.

erikarn

I'm pretty sure that one is interrupted by the ignition. I need a feed that isn't interrupted by the ignition.