Tom,
I would recommend connecting the yellow lead to your positive battery
terminal with an inline fuse. This will lessen the burden on other fuses
and aging wires. VICTORY IS YOURS!
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Walling & Wendy Rose <maineac@netquarters.net>
To: Triumphs List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 1999 11:13 PM
Subject: Looking for an always "hot" wire
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> Listers--
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> My final job on the TR6 before driving it this season is to get the radio
to work 100% as advertised. I have a modern radio with a digital clock and
"soft" presets (not mechanical, but electronic). To keep all of these
things in its memory, the radio has a yellow wire that needs to connect to a
circuit that as always "hot".
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> I thought I had the perfect one with the switch for the interior
(courtesy) lights. There's a purple and white wire that attaches to one
side of the switch (and the bonus is there's an extra "lug" that I should
attach that yellow wire to) with a black (ground) wire attached to the other
side. It seemed to me that the purple and white wire would always be hot so
you could turn the courtesy lights on without having to use the ign. key to
"activate" the circuits. However, when I hook a continuity light up nothing
happens. I'm curious about where my neat little theory has run into the
cold light of physics. And also where there might be an available place to
attach the yellow wire. I'm about an hour away from having it out on the
road, but need to finish the radio installation before I declare victory.
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> TIA... Tom Walling
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