sonofsam 5 Posted March 4, 2006 Hi People,seems i have two wires on my 406(no keypad) loom that require a constant live inside the 205 Can i take a feed from cigarette lighter for one and starter motor(wire 46) for the other Thanks Hilgie for confirmation on other wires Just these two left to sort Thanks Sam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 245 3 Cars Posted March 4, 2006 Can i take a feed from cigarette lighter for one and starter motor(wire 46) for the otherCig lighter should be fine imo but the starter wire is a switched feed via the ignition barrel afaik. It only goes to the solenoid. Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted March 6, 2006 Ok cheers Graham,i shall disregard the starter wire. Is there a constant live to ignition barrel,would this be better to use? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted March 6, 2006 i'm sure there are 2 permanent lives going to the barrel, a red one and a whitish one as well both fairly thick, numbers escape me for the moment (wiring diagram doesn't give numbers unfortunately). i believe one is the power for when the key is at A & M and the other is when it is cranking HTH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 245 3 Cars Posted March 7, 2006 There is another permanent live going to the back of the stereo to keep the memory stored. Would that be of any use? Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevec205gti 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Why do you need to take them from two points? If they both require a permanent feed then you can just connect them to one point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted March 7, 2006 Why do you need to take them from two points? If they both require a permanent feed then you can just connect them to one point Well i have two wires that need constant live and was unsure if it was ok to connect 2 into 1 ,guess it must be The two wires in question are atleast 50amp and 5-6mm thick and i think supply loom and ECU with power. So the ignition live input should be upto the job. Thanks people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevec205gti 0 Posted March 7, 2006 Well - if they're that big I wouldn't connect them to one source If these are seriously beefy cables you might be better off running your own permanent fused feed from the battery - that way you can make sure you don't over cook anything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
les3002 0 Posted March 7, 2006 connect them to the old ecus live feed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M@tt 77 Posted March 7, 2006 i would have thought any of the feeds inside the car should be ok, can't see why the ecu would need such heavy duty wiring Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted March 7, 2006 not even sure if it is for ecu TBH I'll get to the bottom of this,dont worry Gents Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
