Taping in to center dome light power source

by **Nipple06** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:04 pm

Just wondering if anyone knows where i can tap into it ?

by **Gripped** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:18 pm

fuses

by **Ric** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:14 pm

Do you mean you want a wire that has power when that light is on, down in the dashboard,
or do you mean you want to install something up near the dome light, and want to take power from there?

by **mihai** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:25 pm

Ric wrote:Do you mean you want a wire that has power when that light is on, down in the dashboard,
or do you mean you want to install something up near the dome light, and want to take power from there?

I'm assuming he wants power when that light is on. Possibly for footwell lights that operate with the dome light when a door is open and fade off with it too.

by **Ric** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:41 pm

Best not to assume when there are a couple of reasonable alternatives, and the desired outcome has not been mentioned.

by **seanmau5** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:13 pm

My guess is that it's for when the car is unlocked his halos turn on with the dome light..

I recall reading that somewhere

by **Nipple06** » Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:30 pm

Lib_seanmau5 wrote:My guess is that it's for when the car is unlocked his halos turn on with the dome light..

I recall reading that somewhere

Correct!
Sorry guys didn't give alot of info ..
Need to make sure i can wire it up so just using the terminals on the dome light to make sure it works then need a more usable source.
So i need a power source that comes on when you unlock the car aka dome light ..

by **mitchy_bobby** » Wed May 23, 2012 12:47 pm

doesnt the dome light come on when you open the door ?

You can get door signal that the light is powered off from the op connector behing the fuse box, it a wierd looking plug in the top row has 2 pins on onside and 1 on the other. google op connector for a pic, But you want pin 7 which is Brown for door signal.

by **Nipple06** » Wed May 23, 2012 5:29 pm

mitchy_bobby wrote:doesnt the dome light come on when you open the door ?

You can get door signal that the light is powered off from the op connector behing the fuse box, it a wierd looking plug in the top row has 2 pins on onside and 1 on the other. google op connector for a pic, But you want pin 7 which is Brown for door signal.

Cheers

by **seanmau5** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:18 pm

That won't be the one you want. If you tap into the door signal wire then the halos won't turn on when the car is unlocked, only when one particular door is open right??

by **mitchy_bobby** » Thu May 24, 2012 3:01 pm

seanmau5 wrote:That won't be the one you want. If you tap into the door signal wire then the halos won't turn on when the car is unlocked, only when one particular door is open right??

this is true, only when any door (and maybe the boot) is opened will it turn on.

You need to look into maybe making a laching relay that turns on and latchs when you unlock the car, but not when you lock it.

by **seanmau5** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:35 pm

Too much effort just to have them turn on for all of 30 seconds (that's a guess). Just tap into the parkers, easy done

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