hardwiring sirius

[DaveSmed]

Did you use the relay like Luke said? You need that as the receiver draws a bit more current than that blue wire puts out.

(Truthfully, thats why I wired to the red wire. I Would have used a relay and set it up the cool way, but the relay was in a box allllll the way on the other side of the garage. And it was cold out. :p )

[StereoInstaller1]

new problem, i hooked it up straight to the blue/white wire

Ummmmmmm...did you miss that whole "USE A FUCKING RELAY" part? You Siruis draws about 900mA to maybe 1.2A, your blue/white can deliver about 350mA....wanna toast your deck or what?

Did you use the relay like Luke said? You need that as the receiver draws a bit more current than that blue wire puts out.

(Truthfully, thats why I wired to the red wire. I Would have used a relay and set it up the cool way, but the relay was in a box allllll the way on the other side of the garage. And it was cold out. :p )

Lulz!

[jrobie79]

no i fully planned on pickin up a relay, just figured i might try it out to see if it worked. where can i grab a relay like that? radioshack?

[StereoInstaller1]

Yeah, RS or just about any auto parts store, or any car stereo shop, or under the hood of any spare E30s in your 'hood...just bring a screwdriver.

[jrobie79]

cool thanks, will be doing this tomorrow along with the TB warmer delete, cant wait to work on the car in 35 degree rainy shit.....