Hey guys, I'm getting ready to leave for Panama City Beach in an hour or 2, and I tried hardwiring my new Beltronics 955. I went to my local car audio place and they told me the ignition wire was white/orange. Clamped it under the driver side near the pedals and sure enough there were 2 white/oranges. I tried both with no luck. The only thing we had for a brief moment on the radar detector was a low voltage reading and we weren't able to replicate this. Where should I be clamping this to? I probably don't want to go the fuse route.

My initial thought was the larger diameter solid red wire.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I thought this would be a 10-15 minute install tops, but now it really is dragging and the girlfriend is giving me some nasty looks, haha

 

Not sure what connector you are getting this from ( if you could even find a connector, let alone the shape to figure out what the connector number is ).

If you are wanting it to be with the key on, you can find a easy route with an add-a-fuse ( You said you did not want to do this, but it is easier to install and add-a-fuse than pull the radio and find the hot in run position wire back there ).

The other option is the hot in accy / run in the overhead console, but not too sure where you are mounting this.

Tagging on to a random wire either to or from the ignition switch is not the best idea.