120 PRADO Which wire

Submitted: Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 16:56
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Hi. I wish to wire up a 12v supply for my caravan fridge to run it when travelling. I am running it through a relay. Would anyone know which wire to use for the relay activation. It needs to be fed from the ignition source. I need a color and close position to find it. There doesn't seem to be much under the bonnet as they are all live in the fuse box with the ignition off so I quess under the dash somewhere. Thanks for your help. Bob.

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Reply By: Allan B (Sunshine Coast) - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 17:23

Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 17:23
Hi Bob, I believe you only want an ignition voltage source to operate the coil of a relay not to supply the actual fridge current. If so there will be such a wire connecting to your windscreen wiper which should be reasonably accessible. I can'i help you with the colour but you should be able to identify it with a voltmeter or test lamp. Hope that helps.

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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 17:39

Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 17:39
I'm with Allan. I also use the wiper motor wiring as an easy source of fused 12V power. There will be 5 wires going in there - from memory it will be the middle blue wire in a row of 3 but I always check with the multimeter.
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Follow Up By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 20:20

Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 20:20
Thanks fellas but unfortunately the 120 Prado wiper motor is enclosed in the plenum chamber under the windscreen so is not accessible easily. One of Dereck's links shows the ignition wire under the dash so I will look at that tomorrow. Thanks for your help. Bob

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Reply By: ABR - SIDEWINDER - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 18:31

Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 18:31
Here is a link from PradoPoint.

Wiper-wire

or this one.

Power-source-in cab

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Derek from ABR
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Follow Up By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 20:21

Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 at 20:21
Your Power source in cab link may be the answer. I will have a look tomorrow under my dash. Thanks, Bob

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Follow Up By: Steve - Monday, Feb 14, 2011 at 21:10

Monday, Feb 14, 2011 at 21:10
has anyone tried to join the Prado forum? - best of luck. I've made 5 attempts and still had no joy.

A "welcome" email but 3 weeks later, still awaiting activation

no direct "contact us" or any other means of communication

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Follow Up By: ABR - SIDEWINDER - Monday, Feb 14, 2011 at 22:00

Monday, Feb 14, 2011 at 22:00
Steve

It is a great forum and there are many members. You do need to wait for approval of your application. Contact this email if you have any problems. gxl@pradopoint.com

I see you are not a paid member here, it is well worth joining as a paid member of ExplorOz.

Regards

Derek from ABR
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Follow Up By: Steve - Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:41

Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:41
Thanks for that Derek.

I have that very same email address and still no reply. I have recently bought a Prado and the site would help me familiarise with it. I must've followed procedures correctly for them to send the "welcome" email but that's as far as it has gone. Any other suggestions are welcome.


As for this site, I simply don't visit enough these days to use it.

thanks
Steve
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Follow Up By: HGMonaro - Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:30

Friday, Feb 18, 2011 at 12:30
Steve, did your welcome email have an activation link on it? I can't remember what the PradoPoint one had but most forums these days need you to click on the link to activate your account. If you use a generic email like hotmail, you might have to 'authorise content' before clicking on it for it to actually do anything. Another thing you could do is to try to retrieve your password. If it know you it will send out an email. Otherwise... do what Derek suggests.

Nige.
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