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Key On Hot Wire

Discussion in 'Technical Chat' started by 08beachtoy, Apr 28, 2008.

  1. Apr 28, 2008 at 6:30 PM
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    08beachtoy

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    Can somebody tell me which wire is a good key on power wire at the under hood harness against the fire wall drivers side or under dash so I dont have to probe a bunch of wires with my test light ?? I hot wired my fog lights cause I didnt want probe or cut any wires but I keep leaving them on . The newness has worn off a bit now and I am willing to cut a wire to get the power but I definately am no fan of probing more than I have to !!please help I need the color code of the correct wire and I wanna be able to turn them on whenever key is on headlights on or not !
     
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