Mad wiring??

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ram250098

ram250098

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I did what I thought was the MAD set up a few days ago. My harness was pretty hacked before I started.
I am second guessing my change though, because after the change I have constant power to my fuse block even with the ignition off. This can't be right.
I was installing a stereo yesterday and could not find anywhere to connect the red ACC wire. The plug for the radio should be switched but if I move the ignition to the acc postion I have no power, only when I turn the ignition forward do I get power.
What am I missing??
Thanks
 
Could be wrong but I think there is power at the block all the time and some fuses are live with the switch on.
 
The radio is switched and has power through the fuse only when the ignition switch is in the run or Acc position. If the dash harness has been previously hacked, you might have other issues within the harness. On my custom gauge installation for my 66 dash I am going to either piggy back off the fuse terminal or use the actual radio plug for my switched power to the gauges since the manufacturer wants switched power to the gauges running through a fuse.
 
or use the actual radio plug for my switched power ,SNIP> That was my plan as well but the radio plug has not juice in the ACC position, only when the ignition is in the on position.
I guess what I really need to know now is what the red wire from the relay should connect to in order to give me the ACC power. It must connect to a wire that feeds the ignition switch. It had been spliced into the black but that doesn't work it still is still dead on the ACC.
Would it be the large gauge yellow?
AL
 
Some people, turns out someone ran a 8 gauge jumper wire and tied the two harness together bypassing the ACC switch. Had them soldered into the same factory welded splices.
Hey at least he soldered them *g*
AL
 
ram250098 said:
Some people, turns out someone ran a 8 gauge jumper wire and tied the two harness together bypassing the ACC switch. Had them soldered into the same factory welded splices.
Hey at least he soldered them *g*
AL
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That might have been a patch for a bad ignition switch. Good luck with it.
 
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