Electrics for the radio in the van.

Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 07, 2012 at 16:40
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Ok, I've got the hole cut for the radio, the speakers and wiring in place, but not connected And about to get the the earth and live wires ready for connection.

The instructions obviously relate to a car so I have made a few assumptions, (dangerous I know), so I thought I would run it by our guru's.

Firstly, they want the red wire to run through the +ve terminal which is energized in the accessory position.

So the assumption is that I run the red into the fuse box in the caravan which is controlled by a switch which turns all the 12v system on, or off. Something like an accessory position on the ignition?

Secondly, they want the yellow wire to run to the 12v +ve terminal which is energized at all times.

So my assumption here is that I run it to the house battery, which is about 400mm from the radio. At this point it did not sound quite right.

I am going to make a third assumption and say an inline fuse of some sort should be between the radio and the battery.

Finally they want the earth connected first and to a metal surface of the car. Can I just run it to the battery which is only 400mm from the radio?

How close am I to getting it right?

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